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14 February 2025
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Fine Gael looks to Scahill to restore Dáil presence < PAUL HEALY
Gareth Scahill has emerged as the person Fine Gael believes can end over a decade without Dáil representation for the party in Roscommon. If the current government runs its full five-year course, by the 2029 election it will have been 18 years since a Fine Gael TD was elected in Roscommon. Mr Scahill, elected to Roscommon County Council for the first time just eight months ago, was put forward by Fine Gael leader Simon Harris as one of his five selections to be included in Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s eleven Seanad nominees last Friday. The elevation of the Castlerea businessman by the Fine Gael leader is a clear signal that Scahill is seen as the likely front-runner for the
Senator Gareth Scahill.
party in the next general election. Fine Gael has been in an electoral purgatory of sorts in Roscommon since the controversy over the closure of the Roscommon Accident & Emergency department in 2011.
Frank Feighan and Denis Naughten had both been elected for Fine Gael in the 2011 General Election – prior to the hospital debacle – but the party hasn’t won a seat here since, having failed to do so in the elections of 2016, 2020 and 2024. Speaking to the Roscommon People this week, Mr Scahill confirmed his intention to run for the Dáil in the next general election. “I don’t believe anybody gets appointed to the Seanad to stay there or to be a fly on the wall,” Scahill said. “If there is a general election, I will put myself before the delegates (for prospective selection as a Fine Gael candidate), and I believe I would be in a good position to take a seat – but that decision will be for the party members.” Full story on page 5.
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