Political parties continuing to select candidates for local elections
The political parties are continuing to select their candidates to run in the local elections this coming May. Fine Gael and Sinn Fein have been selecting candidates in Sligo and Leitrim over the weekend while a convention to choose Fine Gael candidates in the Strandhill area of Sligo will take…
Fine Gael Manorhamilton convention choose three candidates to run in local elections
Fine Gael convention for the Manorhamilton electoral area took place last night. The directive from party headquarters was to select three candidates to run in the upcoming local elections for Leitrim County Council in May. Outgoing councillors, Frank Dolan and Sean McDermott were selected along with newcomer, John Joe Dowdican…
Fine Gael local election candidates for Sligo announced
Former Minister and TD, John Perry, has failed in his bid to get a Fine Gael nomination to stand as a candidate in this year’s local elections in County Sligo. Mr Perry lost out at a packed Ballymote-Tubbercurry area convention at the Castledargan Hotel last night, when delegates chose four…
Queenan running as an Independent in west Sligo
West Sligo Councillor Joe Queenan has confirmed he has already started his reelection campaign for next year’s local elections as an Independent candidate. Enniscrone-based Queenan had been a Fianna Fail councillor until he and two other councillors was secretly filmed in 2015 by an RTE television programme investigating ethics in…
Political parties picking their local election candidates
With county council elections taking place next May, the political parties are already moving ahead with their local preparations. The first task is to select the candidates. The Fine Gael convention to select the party’s north Leitrim candidates will take place on January 18th in the Bee Park in Manorhamilton.…
Community activist Corey Whyte to run in local election
Sligo community activist Corey Whyte has confirmed his intention to contest the next local election as an independent candidate in the newly formed Sligo – Drumcliff electoral area. The local elections are due to take place on Friday, May 24th. Speaking to Ocean FM News, Mr Whyte says he possesses…