Youghal Town Council - Elections 2009

[Gerrry]

Picking young, realtively attractive, female candidates seemed to be a Sinn Fein policy in the last election.

Or maybe, in the knowledge that a seat wasn't likely to happen, they opted to raise the profile of their most vulnerable councillor.

Hallinan is a member of Cork CC and would have been known to the electorate. I think SF made a mistake in opting for McLellan.

I know Martin quite well and I think its simply a case of him not wanting to be the candidate

[eastcorklocal]

will martin hallinan even stand at the next local and county elections?

[eastcorklocal]

is there no one thinking of running for the local elections then

[eastcorklocal]

i heard hallinan wont run next time cant see much new blood coming in even though we had a record election last time over 20+ candidates interest groups should get there act together and organise candidates ie busness, disability/health, Youth there the things that people want to hear a bit of drive from there local representives

[Zyklon B]

Hallinan will be made to step aside for McLellan re: the County Council seat, although he may be called to contest Youghal. Not the priority candidate, of course.

[eastcorklocal]

his a good worker more then i can say for a few in there at the moment

[Podolski]

It will be interesting to see how population increases affect the vote.