Meet the General Election candidates next Monday at this Tipperary public forum

Roscrea Community Development Council (RCDC) will host a Public forum in the town’s Abbey Hall next Monday, November 18th at 8pm to facilitate the people of Roscrea and district to meet the General Election candidates for the North Tipperary constituency, to listen to their manifestos and to question them on their promises so that the people of Roscrea and district can make an informed choice of whom they think should represent them in Dail Eireann.  

In the last General Election Tipperary County as a whole was one constituency which had 5 seat representation in Dail Eireann.  Thus the outgoing TD’s for that constituency were Martin Browne (Sinn Fein), Jackie Cahill (Fianna Fail), Alan Kelly (Labour), Michael Lowry (Independent) and Mattie McGrath (Independent).  However, for this forthcoming Election Tipperary is again divided in to two constituencies, North and South, with the North also covering some of North West Kilkenny.

The new constituency of North Tipperary will have 3 seats in Dail Eireann.  At present there are 11 candidates declared and fighting for those 3 seats.  They are Alan Kelly (Labour), Michael Lowry (Independent), Phyll Bugler (Fine Gael), Jim Ryan (Independent), Iva Pocock (Green Party), Francis O’Toole (Aontú), Dan Harty (Sinn Fein), Diana Dwyer (People before Profit), Peter Madden (Independent/NA) Ryan O’Meara (Fianna Fail) and Michael Smith (Fianna Fail).

Each candidate present on the night will be invited to address the Public Meeting outlining their plans and in particular insofar as those plans relate to and facilitate the development of Roscrea and district and the well being of the people who live in Roscrea and its catchment area.  The public in attendance on the night will then have the opportunity to question individual candidates while the Forum will end with a brief summary from each candidate.

The Public Forum is of course free and open to anyone to attend and there is an open invitation to any candidate whose name will appear on the Ballot Paper for the North Tipperary constituency to attend and address the meeting.