Sligo councillor seeking Seanad seat left vacant by election of Galway’s Sean Kyne to the Dáil

By Philip Rooney, The Sligo Champion

At a Fine Gael Constituency meeting held on Tuesday evening in Castle Dargan Hotel, Ballygawley, Cllr Thomas Walsh was nominated to contest the Seanad seat left vacant following the election of Sean Kyne in the recent Galway bye-election.

Cllr Walsh thanked the Fine Gael Sligo/Leitrim constituency for selecting him saying, “I am delighted to have been nominated by the constituency at a meeting of the membership for consideration to contest the upcoming Senate election.”

Cllr Walsh added, “Having run in the 2020 General Election and having successfully topped the poll in the 2024 Local Election I do believe that this constituency can be more ambitious, and I feel I can add to and support the representation that we have.

“I am ambitious and I would like to get to the Oireachtas at some point and I do believe I would add to the constituency at national level.”

Fine Gael are seeking a nomination from each constituency with a date yet to be set for the vote to elect a successor to Sean Kyne.

Article Funded by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme.