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The battle for the hearts and minds – not to mention the votes – of rural Ireland has further intensified in the past 24 hours. Hot on the heels of Roscommon-Galway Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice confirming his interest in establishing a new rural party – a project he has been working on for a few years – comes confirmation of plans for an alliance of rural TDs which does not include Fitzmaurice. On Wednesday, Cork SouthWest Independent TD Michael Collins told RTE’s Morning Ireland that as many as 20 ‘independent community rural candidates’ are ready to contest the next General Election as a new party or grouping which will be committed to addressing the many issues facing rural Ireland. Deputy Fitzmaurice, an Independent TD in Roscommon-Galway since 2016, has
spoken in recent days of his long-held view that a new party of rural Independents should be formed. While it is known that Deputy Fitzmaurice – now an established voice on rural Ireland – has held talks with a number of Independent TDs, Deputy Collins’ interview with RTE hints at divided camps. He is a member of a loose ‘Rural Independents Group’ which does not include Deputy Fitzmaurice, but does include Deputy Collins, as well as Deputies Mattie McGrath, Michael Healy-Rae, Danny HealyRae, Carol Nolan and Richard O’Donoghue. Deputy Collins indicated that he and fellow Independent TDs Mattie McGrath and Richard O’Donoghue have already sourced a number of candidates or potential candidates, adding: “All the best to Michael Fitzmaurice, but we in the Rural Independents are one step ahead of him”.
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