Sinn Féin selects two more candidates
Sitting councillor Gerry Murray will contest the local elections for Sinn Féin. He will be joined by John Sheahan on the ticket in Claremorris/Swinford.
Sinn Féin has selected two candidates to contest the local elections in the the Swinford-Claremorris Municipal District.
At a convention at the weekend, sitting Charlestown councillor Gerry Murray and Swinford based John Sheahan were selected to run in the June elections.
Up to 100 delegates attended the convention at the weekend that was attended by Deputy Rose Conway Walsh.
Meanwhile, a sitting MEP and Northern Irish MP have been confirmed as the Sinn Fein Candidates to contest the upcoming European Elections in the Midlands Northwest Constituency.
Chris MacManus currently holds a seat in the region, with the four chair constituency to become a 5 seater following June's election.
He'll be joined on the ballet paper by Sinn Fein MP Michelle Gildernew, a current MP and former Agriculture Minister in the North.
The decision was made following an Election Convention held in the Kilmore Hotel, Cavan over the weekend.
In other political news Lahardane man Aidan Browne has been selected as the Social Democrats’ candidate for the Castlebar area in the upcoming local elections.
Aidan is amongst 65 already confirmed local candidates for the Social Democrat party nationally.
