*Members of Sinn Féin’s Ennis cumann. Photograph: John Mangan SINN FÉIN are gearing up for next year’s local elections in Clare and hope to field a total of eight candidates across the county.
O’BRIENSBRIDGE has bid farewell to a staunch community member following the death of Margaret O’Connor.
Sinn Féin are expected to fill the Clare County Council seat belonging to the late Cllr Mike McKee this month.
This Wednesday saw the Killaloe Municipal District hold their first meeting since the local elections, Beckha Doyle was frustrated and disappointed there wasn’t a new face among them but she’s adamant her time in politics will come.
*Donna Deirdre McGettigan. Photograph: Martin Connolly Eliminated on the third count of the local elections in the Ennis Municipal District, Donna Deirdre McGettigan was more downbeat with the 51 percent turnout in the constituency as opposed to the outcome.
*Mark Nestor is raised aloft. Photograph: Martin Connolly Clare County Council’s newest 28 elected representatives have been confirmed following the conclusion of the two day count at Treacys West County Hotel in Ennis.
Five seats are on offer in the Killaloe Municipal District with five sitting councillors competing with five other candidates, four of which are contesting an election for the first time.
Of all 51 candidates for the local elections on May 24th, Shannon councillor Gerry Flynn was the only one to refuse to sign a pledge to give his support for the restoration of health services to Co Clare.
*Violet-Anne Wynne and Donna Deirdre McGettigan. Sinn Féin representatives in Clare are seeking an emergency rent freeze for three years in the county.
Changes at the top of the FAI will result in Clare clubs receiving more support according to Sinn Féin’s Sean Naughton. Naughton who is the youngest declared candidate for May’s local elections in Clare has sought more accountability for clubs within the county on funding provided from the FAI. On Wednesday, FAI officials appeared before …
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