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A total of 37 candidates will contest the local elections in Offaly
A total of 37 candidates will contest the local elections in Offaly – 15 in the Birr Electoral Area, ten in the Edenderry Electoral Area and 12 in the Tullamore Electoral Area.
The full list of candidates (in alphabetical order) is as follows:
Birr LEA
Mike Boylan, Non-Party; Martin Buckley, Non-Party; Aubrey Claffey, Aontu; Clare Claffey, Social Democrats; John Clendennen, Fine Gael; Barbara Daly, Fianna Fail; Michael Deegan, Non-Party; Hugh Egan, Fine Gael; Audrey Hennessy Kennedy, Fianna Fail; Garrett Kelly, Non Party; Ekaterina Koneva, Green Party; John Leahy, Non-Party; Sean Maher, Sinn Fein; Jonathan O'Meara, Non-Party; Peter Ormond, Fianna fail.
Edenderry LEA
Noel Cribbin, Fine Gael; Eddie Fitzpatrick, Fianna Fail; Mark Hackett, Green Party; Fergus McDonnell, Non-Party; Robert McDermott, Fianna Fail; John McNamee, Social Democrats; Claire Murray, Sinn Fein; Claire Murray, Fianna Fail; Liam Quinn, Fine Gael, Rory Ryan, Sinn Fein.
Tullamore LEA
Patrick Broder, Irish Freedom Party; Ollie Bryant, Fianna Fail; Deirdre Dillon Non-Party; Tim Farrell, Sinn Fein; Sandy Feehan Smollen, Non-Party; Neil Feighery, Fine Gael; Declan Harvey, Fianna Fail; Aoife Masterson, Sinn Fein; Tony McCormack, Fianna Fail; Frank Moran, Fianna Fail; Sean O'Brien, Non-Party; Liam Walsh, Green Party.
Meanwhile and counting of votes in the local and European elections in Offaly will take place at two different venues 20 miles apart, it has emerged.
On Saturday, June 8 – the morning after polling day – votes will be validated and sorted at St Brendan's Community School in Birr.
They will then be transported 20 miles away to the community centre in Mucklagh where the actual count will start.
The European elections ballot papers will be taken to the count centre for the Midlands North West constituency in Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
At the Birr venue the political parties will conduct tallies and will likely have a clear picture of which candidates are polling well.
It could be late on Saturday evening before the actual counting of votes commences at the community centre in Mucklagh.
Tickets will be required to gain entry to both the sorting centre and count venues in Birr and Mucklagh.
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