15 candidates set to contest seven seats in Dundalk South LEA
Local Election this Friday 7 June
Stretching across to Creggan Upper at the Monaghan border, covering parts of Kilkerley, Knockbridge, south Dundalk, and Haggardstown and Dromiskin, 15 candidates are set to contest the seven seats available in the Dundalk South LEA.
In the 2019 local election, Maeve Yore topped the poll with 1,701 first preference votes, followed by Marianne Butler with 1,497.
The quota in Dundalk South in 2019 was 1,370 votes, which meant that following the first count, Maeve Yore and Marianne Butler were elected, along with Ruairí Ó Murchú, who received 1,423 first preference votes.
Outgoing candidates in Dundalk South are: Emma Coffey (Fianna Fáil); Marianne Butler (Green Party); Liam Reilly (Fianna Fáil); Kevin Meenan (Sinn Féin); Tomás Sharkey (Sinn Féin); Maeve Yore (Non Party); Robert Nash (Fine Gael).
The candiates running in Dundalk South this time are:
- Seun Grace Atiroko, Non Party;
- Marianne Butler, Green Party / Comhaontas Glas;
- Emma Coffey, Fianna Fáil;
- Linus English, Fine Gael;
- James Hickey, People Before Profit – Solidarity;
- Barry Kieran, Independent Ireland;
- Dilip Mahapatra, Non Party;
- Sionainn McCann, Sinn Féin;
- Shane McGuinness, Fianna Fáil;
- Kevin Meenan, Sinn Féin;
- Jimmy Myers, Sinn Féin;
- Robert Nash, Fine Gael;
- Cathal Ó Murchú, Irish Freedom Party;
- Aideen Smith, Sinn Féin;
- Maeve Yore, Non Party.