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THE CLARE ECHO Thursday, Oct 31, 2024
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Oct 31 2024
Fine Gael scramble as Joe says no by Páraic McMahon paraic@clareecho.ie
FINE GAEL have been left scrambling to find a second candidate to run for the party in Clare for the General Election. Seasoned poll-topper and former Chairman of Clare GAA, Cllr Joe Cooney (FG) had been on course to enter the election race but confirmed to The Clare Echo that after much consideration over the Bank Holiday weekend not to go forward for the Dáil.
Taoiseach Simon Harris (FG) was among those to contact Cllr Cooney to try persuade him to run. “It felt fantastic to be put into the equation but you have to give everything consideration and I am really enjoying my role on Clare County Council. If it was ten or fifteen years ago I might have looked at the approach in a different manner” he said. Former Clare footballer, David Tubridy had been earmarked as a potential candi-
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date for the party but he confirmed to The Clare Echo that reports of him entering politics are well wide of the mark. Meanwhile, The Clare Echo’s political podcast, The Electoral Chair returns this week with the first episode of series two available for subscribers online at clareecho.ie this Friday.
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l June Brew, Antoinette Lyons and Mary Claire McMahon (all Members of the Mermaids swim group) take part in the Swim in Pink event in Kilrush which raised funds for the National Breast Cancer Research Institute Photo by Tom Micks