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It has been confirmed that Columb Barracks will be used as the main count centre for this year’s Local and European Elections on May 24.

It has been confirmed that Athlone will hold its own count after the May 23 Local Elections.

When the Fianna Fáil party held their election convention last Sunday evening, it looked like the possibility that they would be running only one candidate in the county could become a reality. However the party left the nominations open until Wednesday night and at the last minute a new candidate was added to the ticket alongside sitting TD Dara Calleary. Lisa Chambers from Ballyheane, Castlebar will be joining Calleary on the ballot as Fianna Fáil look to retain the two seats they hold in the county at present. Chambers joins a field that has bloated since last week with five new candidates putting their names forward for election. Michael Kilcoyne ended the will he or won’t he suspense of putting his name forward at the weekend and the popular independent councillor who topped the poll last time out in the Castlebar area in the local elections will be a formidable opponent for the major party candidates. Also putting their names down on the ballot paper are two Ballina based independent candidates Martin Daly who is backed by the newly formed Mayo Reform Movement and Loretta Clarke. The Green Party will also be represented on February 25 with Kilmaine man John Carey being put forward by the junior partners from the last coalition government.

Such is the degree of confidence that the young Carlow Kilkenny Fine Gael Senator John Paul Phelan has in his party leader. When speaking to the Kilkenny Advertiser/ Carlow First this week, Senator Phelan spokesperson on enterprise in the Seanad, said that he was extremely confident that the leader of Fine Gael “will be the next Taoiseach and he’ll be damn good too!”

The Labour Party in Mayo has called for a united political campaign in the county town to lobby the Minister for the Environment on behalf of Councillor Noel Campbell. Cllr Campbell has been precluded from contesting next year’s local elections due to a rule that bars certain civil service grades from political office.

Independent candidate in the upcoming local elections, Mick Greene has put himself forward for election to Kilkenny Borough Council and he hopes that the electorate will look upon him as an alternative to what has been available up until now.

Joey O’ Hanrahan has finally decided to follow his heart and put himself forward for election for Kilkenny County Council although he has a verbal pre-nup promising his wife that he would never do it!