Young Candidates for Irish Elections in 2009

[Eddiepops]

my campaign has already been posted up there. the website is still being built though! but yes i am the second youngest in the country behind the green candidate for fermoy! he was selected two days after me.

as far as i'm aware there will be no younger at all than him.

I was told by a journo that there was another SF candidate who was 19 also, but a few months older than Adam, so Adam is still the youngest as of yet. I remember I first met him at my first convention in '06 in Kilkenny when he gave a speech to the full membership at just 16!

[red-365]

Young Labour Party candidates running in Dublin region, off the top of my head, as they say:

Claire O'Regan (Nth Inner City)
Gráinne Kilmurry (DN)
Sinéad Seery (DNC)
Cllr Aodhán O'Riordáin (DNC)
Cian O'Callaghan (DNC)
Richard Hunmphreys (Stillorgan)
Henry Upton (Crumlin Kimage)
Rebecca Moynihan (DSC)
Maria Parodi (Ringsend)
Cllr Oisín Quinn (DSE)
Dermot Looney (DSW)
Stephen Fitzpatrick (DL)

I'm sure they'd be flattered, but I don't think Humphreys or Quinn would qualify as young!

Subtract them from the list, but at national level add people like:

Gareth Fitzpatrick, Drogheda BC
Derek Nolan, Galway City
Arthur Spring, Kerry Co Co
Patrick Nulty Fingal Co Co
Alwyn Love, Sligo Co Co
Brian Collins, Meath Co Co
Ronan McManus, Bray TC
James Heffernan, Limerick Co Co
Jonathan Meaney, North Tipp Co Co
Orla McLoughlin , Limerick City

[tictac]

that isn't the guy who writes pieces on immigration for the Times is it?

No it's not.

[tomcosgrave]

Cian O'Callaghan is running in DNE, not DNC.

[Stíofán]

I have seen a lot of pages for young candidates on facebook. I have to say, it turns me right off when I see them describe their political views as moderate, or when they try to hide the party affiliation.

It takes a rather extensive Google search to find out www.jamescarey.ie is actually a GP candidate.

It says a lot that one of their candidiates is shying away from using their name or insignia.

[Evil Eco-Fascist]

It takes a rather extensive Google search to find out www.jamescarey.ie is actually a GP candidate.

It says a lot that one of their candidiates is shying away from using their name or insignia.

How do you know he's a GP candidate? He's not on the candidate list on the GP site.

[Stíofán]

How do you know he's a GP candidate?

Certainly not from his website, or facebook page!

See here. A Green Party Flickr site, and the Meath Greens homepage reference him.

[Fingal MCC]

Fine Gael have close to 60 "young" candidates already selected. Most of whom are under 30 and YFG members (2 or 3 are just gone 30 or 31).

If I had the time I could go throught them and put up website and facebook links, but quickly of the top of my head by Dublin first

Dun Laoighre:
1 Barry Ward
2 Possibly Naja Regan

Dublin South:
3 Neale Richmond
4 Possibly another after tomorrow

Dublin South East:
5 Catherine Noone
6 Eoin Murphy

Dublin South Central:
7 Cllr Clare Byrne

Dublin Central:
8 Ray McAdam
9 Bart Bruiticz

Dublin North West:
10 Noel Rock

Dublin North East:
11 Cllr Declan Flanagan


Dublin North:
12 Cllr Alan Farrell
13 James Lawless

Dublin Mid West:
14 William Lavelle

Kildare:
15 Tony O'Donnell
16 Alan O Kelly
17 Emer McDaid

Wicklow
18 Simon Harris

Bailieborough
19 Cllr. Seán McKiernan

Ballina
20 Cllr. Jarlath Munnelly

Ballinasloe
21 Paul Connaughton jnr.

Clonmel
22 Cllr Derry Foley

Cork South Central
23 Emmett O'Halloran

Cork South East
24 Cllr. Laura McGonigle

Dingle
25 Brendan Griffin

Edenderry
26 Liam Quinn,
27 Nichola Hogan

Ennis
28 Cllr. Paul Murphy

Fermoy
29 Pa O'Driscoll

Boyle
30 Cllr. Keith Suffin

Cobh
31 Killian O'Sullivan

Drogheda
32 Kevin Callan

Fermoy
33 Pa O'Driscoll

Kilkenny Borough
34 Darren Murphy

Lismore
35 Aaron Doocey

Mountmellick
36 Cllr. Rosemary Whelan

Mullingar
37 Peter Burke

Navan
38 David Browne

New Ross
39 Annette Larkin

Tuam
40 Cllr. Sally Ann Flanagan

Tullamore
41 Cllr. Richard Egan


I know there is more, just don't have the time to go routing, but i think i did ok from memory, one or two districts might be mixed up

That's some memory...

[john scott]

BLUEJAY 101
Derry Foley, Clonmel under 30???? I'd say he's nearly 40. It's a long time since he played football for Tipperary.

[bluejay101]

That's some memory...

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