REVEALED: Full list of candidates who will contest Longford Local Elections 2024!
Thirty-nine candidates in the race to fill eighteen Longford County Council seats
Local Elections 2024 takes place on Friday, June 7 when 18 members will be selected to represent the three Local Electoral Areas that make up Longford County Council.
The three Municipal Districts within Longford County Council are: Longford (seven seats), Ballymahon (six seats), and Granard (five seats).
Every Irish citizen and every person ordinarily resident in the State who has reached the age of 18, and not subject to disqualifications, is eligible for election.
All candidates submitted a completed nomination form to the Returning Officer during the nomination acceptance period between May 11 and 12 noon on Saturday, May 18, 2024.
Candidates pay an initial deposit of €100 and submit an additional deposit of €100 to the Returning Officer.
Of the 18 sitting councillors three have indicated they will not seek re-election.
In Longford Town Cllr Gerry Warnock (Ind) and Cllr John Browne (FG) will be absent from the ballot paper, while in Granard Cllr PJ Reilly is not contesting the election.
Mary Gouldsbury, Ceann Comhairimh/Returning Officer, has officially indicated that 39 candidates will seek election in the three Local Electoral Areas.
The seven Longford seats will be contested by 18 candidates, 12 will run for Ballymahon's six seats, while in Granard voters have nine options to fill the five seats.
The ballot paper will feature 10 women, two in Granard, two in Ballymahon and six in the Longford LEA.
Independents make up the largest block, with 13 non party candidates in the race, Fine Gael have 10 runners, Fianna Fáil also have 10, there are three Sinn Fein members seeking election and one from the Irish Peoples Party, People Before Profit and the Green Party.
Granard LEA
(Nine candidates; Five seats ; * denotes outgoing councillor; Cllr PJ Reilly Fianna Fáil not seeking re-election)
* Paraic Brady, Fine Gael
Barry Campion, Sinn Féin
David Cassidy, Fianna Fáil
* Colin Dalton, Fine Gael
* Turlough McGovern, Non Party
Padraig McNamara, Fine Gael
Susan Murphy, Fianna Fáil
* Garry Murtagh, Fine Gael
Marett Smith, Fianna Fáil
Ballymahon LEA
(Twelve candidates; Six seats ; * denotes outgoing councillor)
* Mick Cahill, Fianna Fáil
* Mark Casey, Non Party
Niall Dowler, Non Party
* Gerald Farrell, Non Party
Mandy Larkin, Irish People Party
Sean Mimnagh, Fianna Fáil
* Colm Murray, Fine Gael
* Pat O'Toole, Fianna Fáil
Francesca Pawelczyk, Non Party
John Rooney, Sinn Féin
* Paul Ross, Fine Gael
Martin Skelly, Fine Gael
Longford LEA
(Eighteen candidates; Seven seats ; * denotes outgoing councillor; Cllr John Browne Fine Gael & Cllr Gerry Warnock Independent not seeking re-election)
* Uruemu Adejinmi, Fianna Fáil
Sadia Athar, Non Party
* Seamus Butler, Fianna Fáil
Alicia Carberry, Non Party
James Donnelly, Sinn Fein
Niall Gannon, Fine Gael
Maura Greene-Casey, Non Party.
* Gerry Hagan, Fine Gael
Kevin Hussey, Fianna Fáil
Catherine Joseph, Green Party
Mujahid Manzoor, Non Party
Gareth McKendry, Irish People Party
* Martin Monaghan, Fianna Fáil
* Peggy Nolan, Fine Gael
James Quinn, Non Party
Tony Reilly, Non Party
Dwain Schouten, Non Party