FF selects Kinnegad area candidates

Three candidates have been selected to run for Fianna Fáil in the Kinnegad electoral area in the 2024 local elections.

The three are Niall Gaffney from Delvin, Alfie Devine from Castlepollard and Shauna Coyne from Milltownpass.

Among those who attended the selection convention at Hotel Castle Varagh in Castlepollard earlier this week, were Cllrs Paddy Hill and John Shaw, both of whom announced prior to the convention that they would not be seeking re-election.

The convention was chaired by Deputy Barry Cowen, TD, and other Oireachtas members who attended were Deputy Robert Troy and Senator Niall Blaney.

Alfie Devine, a businessman, is a well-known referee.

Niall Gaffney is a barrister by profession, and in 2022, was elected Uachtarán of Ógra Fianna Fáil.

Shauna Coyne is also a qualified barrister, and is chief operations officer with the Milltownpass firm SkyClad Ltd, which manufactures modular housing.

Warm tributes were paid to outgoing representatives, Cllrs Hill and Shaw, for their many years' service for the area within the Mullingar Kinnegad Municipal District and also within Westmeath County Council.

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At the Fianna Fáil selection convention on Tuesday last in the Castle Varagh Hotel, Castlepollard for the 2024 local election in Kinnegad/Coole (back from left), Donie Cassidy, vice-president; Barry Cowen, TD, convention chair; Deputy Robert Troy; outgoing councillors John Shaw and Paddy Hill, (not running again); David Healy, chairman, Meath CDC; Fintan Bray, Delvin FF, and Niall Blaney. Seated, from left, party members nominated for selection - Niall Gaffney, Delvin, Carmel Gallagher, Milltownpasss, Shauna Coyne, Rochfortbridge, and Alfie Devine, Castlepollard.