It’s emerged that former Minister, John Perry, wrote to the General Secretary of Fine Gael to express his concern at the format of the Ballymote-Tubbercurry Sligo County Council election convention before it was held on Friday night. As a a result of a directive issued by party headquarters on the geographical spread of candidates. Mr. Perry lost out on a nomination, with delegates choosing Gerard Mullaney, Blair Feeney, Martin Connolly and Dara Mulvey