Senator Goldsboro's Tipperary County Council seat to be filled by her daughter
Amy Goldsboro was selected to be co-opted onto Tipperary County Council at a convention of Fianna Fáil members
Senator Imelda Goldsboro's 21-year-old daughter has been selected at a convention of Fianna Fáil members from Carrick-on-Suir Local Electoral Area to be co-opted onto Tipperary County Council to fill the council seat held by her mother for 11 years.
This will make the young Ballingarry woman the youngest member of Tipperary County Council, and one of the youngest councillors nationwide.
The Co-Option Convention took place at Knocknagow Community Hall, Mullinahone yesterday night (Friday, March 7).
More than 70 Fianna Fáil members from across the district attended the convention that was contested by Amy Goldsboro and former Carrick-on-Suir councillor Sylvia Cooney-Sheehan.
Kilkenny Fianna Fáil T.D. Peter 'Chap' Cleere chaired the convention with South Tipperary Fianna Fáil PRO Paudie Taylor acting as convention secretary.
After being declared the winner, Amy Goldsboro said; "I would like to thank all the Fianna Fáil members from across the area for their overwhelming support, and I look forward to working very closely with you all very soon".
Senator Imelda Goldsboro thanked the Fianna Fáil members for their strong support through the Local Election, General Election and Seanad Election in recent months and also their support for Amy.
"We are so deeply proud of Amy as a family and are in no doubt she will hit the ground running in representing the people of the Carrick-on-Suir LEA on Tipperary County Council, and both of us are only a phone call away to help out in any way we can".
Ms Goldsboro will be formally co-opted onto Tipperary County Council at the monthly meeting of its elected members in Nenagh on Monday.
Amy Goldsboro seated beside her mother Senator Imelda Goldsboro who is signing the Seanad Register on her first day in the Seanad