CLARE’s four TDs to serve in the 34th Dáil will be elected this weekend.
On Friday, the Clare public will go to the polls and study what will be the longest ever ballot paper in the county for a General Election with a total of twenty candidates in the field.
Political pundits are predicting Fianna Fáil will win an extra seat in Clare, Fine Gael are tipped to hold onto a seat in the county with Sinn Féin, the Greens, Independents and the two big parties all set to be in contention for the final seat.
In 2020, 65.9 percent of the Clare electorate turned out to vote and the people of the county are being urged to use their democratic right to go and vote this Friday.
Polling stations will be open from 7am and will close at 10pm on Friday.
The Clare Echo will be reporting from Treacy’s West County Hotel with up-to-the-minute updates on clareecho.ie across the weekend.
In advance of polling day, The Clare Echo has interviewed candidates and joined some of the campaign trail, both of which are available to read by clicking on the link beside each candidate.
Leonora Carey (FG) – interview / campaign trail
Joe Cooney (FG) – interview / campaign trail
Cathal Crowe (FF) – interview / campaign trail
June Dillon (AON) – interview
Timmy Dooley (FF) – interview / campaign trail
Roisin Garvey (GP) – interview / campaign trail
Kevin Hassett (IND) – interview / campaign trail
Michael Leahy (IFP) – interview
Michael Loughrey (IP) – interview
Amanda Major (IND) – interview
Donna McGettigan (SF) – interview / campaign trail
Rita McInerney (FF) – interview / campaign trail
Matthew Moroney (IND) – interview
Paddy Murphy (IND) – interview / campaign trail
Catriona Ni Chatháin (SOC) – interview
Tom Nolan (FG) – interview / campaign trail
Barry O’Donovan (RAB) – interview
Eddie Punch (II) – interview / campaign trail
Hilary Tonge (SD) – interview
Violet-Anne Wynne (IND) – profile
