TD Calling for Councillors to Have Free Vote to Nominate Presidential Election Candidates - 14/08/2025
A Fianna Fáil TD has said party councillors should have a free vote for nominating presidential election candidates.Wicklow-Wexford TD Malcolm Byrne told the Irish Examiner that enabling a candidate to run does not mean councillors need to back their campaign.It comes as Nick Delehanty suggested that, like Gareth Sheridan, he has the support of a sufficient number of councillors to propose and second his bid.To date, only two candidates for the upcoming presidential election to replace Michael D Higgins have been declared: Fine Gael’s Mairead McGuinness and Independent TD Catherine Connolly…
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