In this post, I will be detailing the names of the candidates for May’s European Elections contests (in the Republic of Ireland) by constituency.
As new candidates are confirmed between now and the election itself, I will be updating this post to include their names.
Continue readingAdrian Kavanagh, First posted 10th July 2013 (as a post for both Solidarity and People Before Profit candidates) – stand alone People Before Profit page created on 8th November – with updates as new candidate nominations announced. Any links in this post are to online announcements of candidate selections – there will be no specific links to candidate webpages.
The seventh of my series of rolling blog posts, in which I detail the latest information as to candidate selections relating to the different political parties and grouping and/or candidate declarations (as in the case of the non-party grouping).
The post will focus on the candidate selections for People Before Profit.
The rule of thumb here is that I will add party candidates in most cases only after they have been officially selected to run for the party at a selection convention or by some other means of candidate selection. I try my best to find information about local election candidate selection conventions, but in some cases this information is hard to find and occasionally it can be some time after a convention takes place before I find this information and hence am in a position to update this page accordingly.
Continue readingAdrian Kavanagh, First posted 7th November 2018, with updates as new candidate nominations announced. Any links in this post are to online announcements of candidate selections – there will be no specific links to candidate web pages.
The sixth of my series of rolling blog posts, in which I detail the latest information as to candidate selections relating to the different political parties and grouping and/or candidate declarations (as in the case of the non-party grouping). The rule of thumb here is that I will add party candidates in most cases only after they have been officially selected to run for the party at a selection convention or by some other means of candidate selection. I try my best to find information about local election candidate selection conventions, but in some cases this information is hard to find and occasionally it can be some time after a convention takes place before I find this information and hence am in a position to update this page accordingly.
The post will focus on Green candidate selections ahead of the 2019 City and County Council elections.
Continue readingAdrian Kavanagh, First posted 31st October 2018, with updates as new candidate nominations announced. Any links in this post are to online announcements of candidate selections – there will be no specific links to candidate webpages.
The fifth of my series of rolling blog posts, in which I detail the latest information as to candidate selections relating to the different political parties and grouping and/or candidate declarations (as in the case of the non-party grouping). The rule of thumb here is that I will add party candidates in most cases only after they have been officially selected to run for the party at a selection convention or by some other means of candidate selection. I try my best to find information about local election candidate selection conventions, but in some cases this information is hard to find and occasionally it can be some time after a convention takes place before I find this information and hence am in a position to update this page accordingly.
The post will focus on Fianna Fáil candidate selections ahead of the 2019 City and County Council elections. Continue reading
Adrian Kavanagh, 30th October 2018
This post will attempt to list all of the “New Irish”, or Non-Irish/UK national, candidates who have been officially selected to contest the local elections in May 2019, or else have declared their intentions to contest these elections as independent candidates. For the purposes of this post, the definition of “New Irish” will include people who were born outside Ireland and who were not Irish (or UK) citizens before moving to the Republic Ireland. This post will include candidates who subsequently gained Irish citizenship on moving to, or after moving to, the Republic of Ireland.
At present (as of 14th February 2019) I can account for sixteen candidacies in this group, including nine female candidates (56.3%) and seven males (43.7%) candidates.
Four candidates are running for Fine Gael, four candidates are running for Fianna Fáil , three candidates are running for People Before Profit, one candidate is running for the Labour Party, one candidate is running for the Green Party and one candidate is running for the Social Democrats.
One member of this group, Elena Secas, is a sitting County and Town Councillor, representing the Limerick City East electoral area. The other “New Irish” candidate to win a seat in the 2014 Local Elections, Edmond Lukusa (Mulhuddart, Sinn Féin) is not contesting the 2019 elections.
Non-Irish nationals currently account for 11.3% of the Irish population based on the most recent Census of 2016, with this percentage falling to 9.1% when UK nationals are taken out of this group. If the proportion of successful non-Irish/UK nationals local election candidates at at the May 24th local elections was similar to this level (i.e. 9.1%), there would be 86 “New Irish” Councillors (based on a total number of 949 City and County Council members).
At the 2014 City and County Council elections, I estimate that 31 New Irish candidates contested these elections, with two running for Fine Gael, two running for Labour, one running for Sinn Féin, three running for the Green Party and two running for the People Before Profit Alliance, while the other twenty one candidates contested the elections as independent candidates. Two of these thirty one candidates were successful – Elena Secas for Labour in Limerick City East and Edmond Lukusa for Sinn Féin in Mulhuddart. At the 2009 City and County Council elections, I estimate that 19 New Irish candidates contested these elections, with three running for Fianna Fail, two running for Fine Gael, one running for Labour and three running for the Green Party, while the other ten contested the elections as independent candidates. One of these nineteen candidates was successful – Rotimi Adebari in Portlaoise, who had previously won a Town Council in 2004.
The list of “New Irish” candidates for the 2019 City and County Council elections is presented below. This list will be updated, as and when new candidate information is received by me.
| Candidates | Seats | “New Irish” candidates |
| Carlow | 18 | |
| Carlow | 7 | |
| Tullow | 6 | |
| Muinebeag | 5 | |
| Cavan | 18 | |
| Bailieborough-Cootehill | 6 | |
| Ballyjamesduff | 6 | |
| Cavan-Belturbert | 6 | |
| Clare | 28 | |
| Ennis | 7 | |
| Killaloe | 5 | |
| Shannon | 7 | |
| Ennistimon | 4 | |
| Kilrush | 5 | |
| Cork County | 55 | |
| Carrigaline | 6 | |
| Bandon-Kinsale | 6 | |
| Macroom | 6 | |
| Cobh | 6 | |
| Midleton | 7 | |
| Fermoy | 6 | |
| Kanturk | 4 | |
| Mallow | 5 | |
| Bantry | 4 | |
| Clonakilty-Skibbereen | 5 | |
| Cork City | 31 | |
| Cork City North East | 6 | |
| Cork City North West | 6 | |
| Cork City South Central | 6 | |
| Cork City South East | 6 | |
| Cork City South West | 7 | Tjltske De Vres PBP |
| Donegal | 37 | |
| Donegal | 6 | |
| Glenties | 6 | |
| Milford | 3 | |
| Buncrana | 5 | |
| Letterkenny | 7 | |
| Carndonagh | 4 | |
| Lifford-Stranorlar | 6 | |
| Dublin City | 63 | |
| Ballyfermot-Drimnagh | 5 | Sophie Nicoullaud GP |
| Ballymun-Finglas | 6 | |
| Artane-Whitehall | 6 | |
| Donaghmede | 5 | |
| Cabra-Glasnevin | 7 | |
| Clontarf | 6 | |
| Kimmage-Rathmines | 6 | |
| North Inner City | 7 | Ellie Kisyombee SOCDEM, Imran Khursid FF |
| South West Inner City | 5 | Ammar Ali FF |
| South East Inner City | 5 | |
| Pembroke | 5 | |
| Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown | 40 | |
| Blackrock | 6 | |
| Dun Laoghaire | 7 | |
| Dundrum | 7 | |
| Glencullen-Sandyford | 7 | |
| Killiney-Shankill | 7 | |
| Stillorgan | 6 | |
| Fingal County | 40 | |
| Balbriggan | 5 | John Uwhumiakpor PBP, Okezie E. Emuaga FG |
| Rush Lusk | 5 | |
| Castleknock | 5 | |
| Howth-Malahide | 7 | |
| Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart | 6 | Punam Rane FG |
| Ongar | 5 | Jagannadha R Muttumula FG |
| Swords | 7 | |
| South Dublin County | 40 | |
| Clondalkin | 7 | |
| Palmerstown-Fonthill | 5 | Madeleine Johansson PBP |
| Lucan | 5 | |
| Tallaght Central | 6 | |
| Tallaght South | 5 | Baby Pereppadan FG |
| Rathfarnham-Templeogue | 7 | |
| Firhouse-Bohernabreena | 5 | |
| Galway City | 18 | |
| Galway City Central | 6 | |
| Galway City East | 6 | |
| Galway City West | 6 | |
| Galway County | 39 | |
| Athenry-Oranmore | 7 | |
| Gort Kinvara | 5 | |
| Ballinasloe | 6 | |
| Conamara North | 4 | |
| Conamara South | 5 | |
| Loughrea | 5 | |
| Tuam | 7 | |
| Kerry | 33 | |
| Killarney | 7 | |
| Listowel | 6 | |
| An Daingean | 3 | |
| Kenmare | 6 | |
| Castleisland | 4 | |
| Tralee | 7 | |
| Kildare | 40 | |
| Athy | 5 | |
| Celbridge | 4 | |
| Leixlip | 3 | |
| Maynooth | 5 | |
| Clane | 5 | |
| Kildare | 5 | |
| Newbridge | 6 | |
| Naas | 7 | |
| Kilkenny | 24 | |
| Castlecomer | 6 | |
| Kilkenny | 7 | |
| Callan-Thomastown | 6 | |
| Piltown | 5 | |
| Laois | 19 | |
| Borris in Ossory-Mountmellick | 6 | |
| Graiguecullen-Portarlington | 6 | |
| Portlaoise | 7 | |
| Leitrim | 18 | |
| Ballinamore | 6 | |
| Carrick-on-Shannon | 6 | |
| Manorhamilton | 6 | |
| Limerick | 40 | |
| Limerick City East | 7 | Elena Secas LAB |
| Limerick City North | 7 | |
| Limerick City West | 7 | Abul Kalam Azad Talukder FF |
| Adare-Rathkeale | 6 | |
| Cappamore-Kilmallock | 7 | |
| Newcastle West | 6 | |
| Longford | 18 | |
| Ballymahon | 6 | |
| Granard | 5 | |
| Longford | 7 | Remu Adejinmi FF |
| Louth | 29 | |
| Ardee | 6 | |
| Drogheda Urban | 6 | |
| Drogheda Rural | 4 | |
| Dundalk-Carlingford | 6 | |
| Dundalk-South | 7 | |
| Mayo | 30 | |
| Ballina | 6 | |
| Castlebar | 7 | |
| Claremorris | 6 | |
| Swinford | 4 | |
| Belmullet | 3 | |
| Westport | 4 | |
| Meath | 40 | |
| Ashbourne | 6 | |
| Kells | 7 | |
| Laytown-Bettystown | 7 | |
| Navan | 7 | Yemi Adenuga FG |
| Ratoath | 7 | |
| Trim | 6 | |
| Monaghan | 18 | |
| Ballybay-Clones | 5 | |
| Carrickmacross-Castleblaney | 6 | |
| Monaghan | 7 | |
| Offaly | 19 | |
| Birr | 6 | |
| Edenderry | 6 | |
| Tullamore | 7 | |
| Roscommon | 18 | |
| Athlone (Roscommon) | 6 | |
| Boyle | 6 | Sajjad Hussain |
| Roscommon | 6 | |
| Sligo | 18 | |
| Ballymote-Tobercurry | 7 | |
| Sligo-Drumcliff | 5 | |
| Sligo-Strandhill | 6 | |
| Tipperary | 40 | |
| Carrick-on-Suir | 5 | |
| Cahir | 4 | |
| Cashel-Tipperary | 7 | |
| Clonmel | 6 | |
| Nenagh | 5 | |
| Newport | 4 | |
| Roscrea-Templemore | 4 | |
| Thurles | 5 | |
| Waterford | 32 | |
| Waterford City East | 6 | |
| Waterford City South | 6 | |
| Tramore-Waterford City West | 6 | |
| Portlaw-Kilmacthomas | 5 | |
| Dungarvan | 6 | |
| Lismore | 3 | |
| Westmeath | 20 | |
| Athlone (Westmeath) | 5 | |
| Moate | 4 | |
| Mullingar | 6 | |
| Kinnegad | 5 | |
| Wexford | 34 | |
| Gorey | 6 | |
| Kilmuckridge | 4 | |
| Enniscorthy | 6 | |
| New Ross | 6 | |
| Kilmore | 5 | |
| Wexford | 7 | |
| Wicklow | 32 | |
| Arklow | 6 | |
| Baltinglass | 6 | |
| Bray East | 4 | |
| Bray West | 4 | |
| Greystones | 6 | |
| Wicklow | 6 |
I do my best to ensure that the candidate lists on this website are fully accurate, but there can be errors and omissions (especially in the case of local election candidates, given the large number of people involved – usually over two thousand – and the difficulty in attaining information for some areas/parties).
If there are any candidates who should be included on this list (or are included here, but should not be) or if any other errors in relation to this list are noted, please bring these to my attention by emailing me at adrian.p.kavanagh@mu.ie.
Adrian Kavanagh, 30th October 2018
There is always a “geography” to electoral support and turnout patterns and this was very much the case with the 2018 Presidential Election. This contest saw a number of records being set in terms of voting patterns at a presidential election; the lowest ever voter turnout level (43.9%), the highest ever number of first preference votes won by a candidate (but not the highest ever vote share) and the lowest ever number of first preference votes (and lowest vote share) won by a candidate. Continue reading
Adrian Kavanagh 18th October 2018
This post lists all of the City/County Councillors who will be retiring at the May 24th 2019 Local Elections – as opposed to the version of this post for 2014 elections, it will not list the names of Councillors who retired/stood down at an earlier date (and who have by this stage been replaced by a co-option from their party or group) as this information is covered in another, earlier post. This list will only include the names of incumbents who contested Local Elections 2019 selection conventions for their political parties and failed to win nominations at these if these Councillors subsequently announce their retirements after such convention defeats. Continue reading
