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Sinn Féin to hold local election convention

Published: 8 January, 2009

Mayo Sinn Féin will hold it's local election convention on Sunday 18th January in the TF Hotel, Castlebar.

The convention will select candidates for the Mayo County Council elections in the Belmullet, Castlebar, Swinford and Westport areas as well as a candidate to contest the Castlebar Town Council election with the remaining town council candidates being ratified at a later date.

Chairperson for the day will be Cllr. Seán Mac Manus, the party's longest serving councillor in the West and the main speaker will be Cllr. Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Sinn Féin's EU West candidate.

Sinn Féin will be putting forward more candidates in this year's local election than ever before and is confident of increasing its elected representation within the county.

For nomination: Therese Ruane (Castlebar Co. Co. and town)
Rose Walsh (Belmullet)
Dave Keating (Westport)
Gerry Murray (Swinford)