Tipperary South General Election candidate is a seasoned advocate for the community

When Seamus Healy suffered defeat in the General Election of 2020 not for one minute did he consider walking away from politics and the activism role he became engaged in at the age of 14 when he canvassed for the late Sean Treacy in Clonmel.

Brimming with energy, backed by a dedicated team of canvassers,and motivated by a passion to complete ‘unfinished business’ in the constituency, Seamus Healy is enjoying the campaign and believes he is in with a ‘fighting chance’ of being in the battle for the third seat in the Tipperary south constituency.

“Treacy was elected for the first time in 1961 and I remember him being carried down to the Town Hall as we were living in Upper Gladstone Street at the time,” said Seamus as he took a break from a busy canvassing schedule.
SEAN TREACY
“I was ten years old at the time and four years later I went out canvassing for Treacy and I have not stopped being involved in politics since and have no intention of stopping now,” said Seamus.
Seamus is proud to hail from a strong Fenian, Republican and union family tradition.

Tipperary South General Election candidate speaking to the converted on old stomping ground

Seamus Healy in a battle for the third seat in Tipperary South

His father was one of the founding members of the Irish Transport and General Works Union in Clonmel in 1932 and Seamus was born in Scrouthea in 1950.

74 years on the veteran campaigner is immersed in an almighty battle for a seat in the 47th Dail, a seat he lost in 2020 to Sinn Fein’s Martin Browne.

Healy, a casualty of the national surge for Sinn Fein four years ago, is determined not to lose out this time.