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
12 Cllr Alan Farrell

Dublin North:
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

sorry, didn't realise that would be so long

you seem to have high regard for Pa O'Driscoll, you counted him twice!

I guess part of the reason there are so many "young" Fine Gaeler's running is the example of Leo Varadkar and Lucinda Creighton. They both followed the YFG, to Council to Dail route and they are now the two youngest TDs in the Dáil.

So are any of the young candidate particularly exciting (and why)? I'm not just referring to the YFGers.

What about for Euro's. Eoin Dubsky ran as an independent last time as did Seanan O'Coistin. I don't expect any of the main parties will be putting up young candidates, though there might be some young alternates from the main parties and some young independent euro candidates...

Ah he's a good lad, i could pretend the reason I counted him twice was because he is running for both town and county council, but really I forgot I had included him.

Aidan Pendlebury ,aged 24 is The Labour Party candidate for Clonakilty Tc, Anthony Keohane fg ,and Christopher OSullivan ff are candidates in Skibbereen Lea ,both aged 27 i think.

Sinn Fein 26 counties Euro candidates are young. Mary Lou (despite being set to be elected Vice President next week) is young (39) and will be a candidate in Dublin. Padraig MacLochlainn in North West is just 35, while Sinn Féin's Toireasa Ferris (28) is a candidate for South. While Kathleen Funchion is 24 and Tomas Sharkey is 33--Sinn Féin's two contenders for East.

In the six counties EURO there is a young green-see link beliow. I think he is under 30.

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what age is Mary Lou?

She is aged 39. I have now inserted it above.

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"All people are entitled to full cultural and social equality" Mary Lou McDonald

"Republicans recognise that we have a journey to travel in developing our own understanding of unionism." Gerry Adams

Since when is 39 young? I think OP says young is under 30.

I know Neale Richmond has been nominated to the MEP "B" List for Fine Gael in Dublin although what place he will be given on it is down to HQ

Also by the looks of it he is the most popular, well on facebook anyway with 300+ supporters/group members

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Elsewhere in Dublin South FG - Dylan Shatter is seeking a nomination at a Selection Convention tonight whilst John Kennedy is hoping to run in the Stillorgan Ward

Will there be anything special for the young candidates as this weekend's YFG Conference? Won't make it myself but would there be anything popping up on the news like?