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Inishowen school principal to run
for Sinn Féin
04.11.13
SINN Féin in Inishowen
have selected their candidates to contest the local
elections around the peninsula next May.
At a packed convention in Buncrana, sitting
councillors Jack Murray and Ciaran McLaughlin along
with Carndonagh school principal and former
Independent FF councillor, Albert Doherty, were
selected to go before the electorate for the party.
Deputy Pádraig MacLochlainn said described the
candidates as "a strong panel" and said the party
believed it could win three seats on Donegal County
Council.
"In the 2011 general election, our party took almost
30% of the vote in Inishowen and Martin McGuinness
took over 30 per cent of the vote in the
presidential election last year so we know that we
have the potential with a strong campaign to win all
three seats," said Deputy MacLochlainn. |
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Pictured at the Sinn Féin local
elections selection convention in Buncrana, from
left, Pádraig MacLochlainn TD, Albert Doherty,
Carmel Doherty, Cllr Jack Murray, Sabrina Friel,
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, Cllr Ciaran
McLaughlin, Majella McLaughlin, and Cllr Matt Carthy
Sinn Féin EU candidate. |
The convention was
addressed by Deputy First Minister, Martin
McGuinness MLA and the Sinn Féin candidate in the
European Parliament elections, Cllr Matt Carthy from
Monaghan.
Deputy MacLochlainn said Sinn Féin was determined to
to give voters "a real alternative to the failed
austerity policies of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and
Labour in Inishowen".
"Those failed policies have resulted in the doubling
of unemployment and mass emigration from our
communities. They have resulted in our families
paying more taxes for less public services," he
added. |
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