14 candidates contesting six seats in Dundalk-Carlingford LEA
Local Election this Friday 7 June
Covering all of the Cooley Peninsula and stretching down to Faughart, parts of Kilkerley and north Dundalk, 14 candidates are set to contest the six seats in the Dundalk-Carlingford Local Electoral Area (LEA).
Outgoing candidates in Dundalk-Carlingford are: Edel Corrigan (Sinn Féin); Seán Kelly (Fianna Fáil); Conor Keelan (Fianna Fáil); John Reilly (Fine Gael); Andrea McKevitt (Fianna Fáil); and Antóin Watters (Sinn Féin).
In the 2019 local elections, Antóin Watters topped the poll, with 1,563 first preference votes, followed by John McGahon with 1,357 votes. The quota in 2019 was 1,355 votes, which meant both were elected following the first count.
The candidates running in Dundalk-Carlingford this time around are:
- Kathleen Byrne, Sinn Féin;
- Gerard Crawley, Green Party/Comhaontas Glas;
- Ciarán Fisher, Non Party;
- Conor Keelan, Fianna Fáil;
- Yvonne Keenan, Fine Gael;
- Seán Kelly, Fianna Fáil;
- Andrea McKevitt, Fianna Fáil;
- Fiona Mhic Conchoille, Sinn Féin;
- Seán Ó Broin, Sinn Féin;
- Tracy O’Hanlon, Irish Freedom Party;
- Jamie O’Hare, The Labour Party;
- Liam Reichenberg, Aontú;
- John Reilly, Fine Gael;
- Antóin Watters, Sinn Féin.