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A former mayor and chairman of Sligo County Council has confirmed this lunchtime that he will not be seeking to retain his seat in the local elections in May. Fine Gael Councillor Hubert Keaney has announced his decision in advance of a selection convention to be held tonight for his…

Fine Gael has provisionally set dates for the holding of conventions to select its local election candidates in the north Sligo area for next year’s elections. The Sligo/Strandhill convention is to take place on January 21st with the Sligo/Drumcliff convention due for February 4th. However, these dates have yet to…

Fine Gael’s Sligo/Leitrim constituency selection on July 19th is likely to be one of the most watched in the country. It is, after all, the constituency in which an outgoing junior minister challenged the party over its choice of candidates in the last general election. No one knows when the…

Selection conventions for the North West are likely to take place in February or March after a snap election was avoided this week. Regional organisers were on standby to organise a last minute convention tonight in Sligo Leitrim if needed. Now the party will wait until the legislation to change…