*Peter O’Connell, Madeline Taylor-Quinn, Patrick Keane and Páraic McMahon.
EIGHT CANDIDATES have declared for the elections in the Kilrush local electoral area, they along with the key issues for voters in West Clare are the focus for the second episode of our political podcast.
The Electoral Chair also includes an exclusive announcement about a new candidate entering the race to try become one of the twenty eight elected members of Clare County Council.
Moneypoint was one of the big issues in advance of the 2019 elections in the Kilrush LEA but is it as topical now. We analyse what are the issues that will sway the public when it comes to casting their vote on June 7th.
Fanny O’Deas in Lissycasey is the venue as we broadcast our second episode of The Electoral Chair.
Joining Páraic McMahon are former Mayor of Clare, Patrick Keane (FF) who sat on the Council from 1991 to 2014, ex TD and Senator Madeline Taylor Quinn (FG) who was the first Fine Gael Mayor of Clare and RTÉ reporter Peter O’Connell previously the Editor of The Clare Champion and the paper’s West Clare correspondent.
On this week’s political agenda:
- Confirmed candidates in the Kilrush LEA
- Squashed triangle from Loop Head to Kilrush and Quilty
- Fianna Fáil’s four-person strategy
- Fine Gael’s tactic to run two – deliberate or a sign of freshness struggles
- Joseph Woulfe returns to the race
- Lessons from 2019 already applied for Cllr Lynch
- First election in a lifetime without PJ Kelly or Bill Chambers
Declared candidates in the Kilrush LEA:
- Cllr Gabriel Keating (FG)
- Cllr Cillian Murphy (FF)
- Cllr Ian Lynch (IND)
- Cllr Rita McInerney (FF)
- Michael Shannon (FF)
- Alan Troy (FF)
- Therese Doohan (FG)
- Joseph Woulfe (IND)
