Election meeting in Roscrea

Roscrea Community Development Council (RCDC) will host a public forum in the town’s Abbey Hall next Monday, November 18, at 8pm to facilitate the people of Roscrea and district to meet the General Election candidates for the North Tipperary constituency, to listen to their manifestos and to question them on their promises so that the people of Roscrea and district can make an informed choice. In the last General Election, County Tipperary as a whole was one constituency, which had five-seat representation in Dáil Éireann. However, for this forthcoming election, Tipperary is again divided in to two constituencies, North and South, with the North also covering some of North West Kilkenny.

The new constituency will have three seats. At present there are 11 candidates declared and fighting for those three seats.

They are Alan Kelly (Labour), Michael Lowry (Independent), Phyll Bugler (Fine Gael), Jim Ryan (Independent), Iva Pocock (Green Party), Francis O’Toole (Aontú), Dan Harty (Sinn Féin), Diana Dwyer (People before Profit), Peter Madden (Independent/NA) Ryan O’Meara (Fianna Fáil) and Michael Smith (Fianna Fáil).

Each candidate present on the night will be invited to address the public meeting.

outlining their plans and in particular insofar as those plans relate to and facilitate the development of Roscrea and district, and the wellbeing of the people who live in Roscrea and its catchment area. The public in attendance on the night will then have the opportunity to question individual candidates while the forum will end with a brief summary from each candidate.

The public forum is of course free and open to anyone to attend, and there is an open invitation to any candidate whose name will appear on the ballot paper for the North Tipperary constituency to attend and address the meeting.