Full list of Westmeath local election candidates issued as race reaches final weeks
The full list of candidates running in the four Westmeath local electoral areas (LEAs) in the forthcoming local elections has been formally published by Westmeath County Council.
In total, 48 candidates have declared, 17 of whom are women. Kinnegad actually has more women candidates standing than men - 9 out of its total list of 16.
The Moate LEA meanwhile, which has 8 candidates seeking election, has no women on the list.
The number of candidates who have declared for Mullingar is 13, six of whom are women, while in Athlone, just two out of the eleven who have declared they are running are women.
In total there are 20 seats to be filled and 17 of the existing councillors are seeking re-election. The three who have opted out of the running for this election are all from the Kinnegad LEA – Ireland’s longest-serving public representative, Cllr Frank McDermott, and Fine Gael’s Paddy Hill and John Shaw.
Athlone LEA
Fianna Fáil - Frankie Keena
Fianna Fáil - Aengus O'Rourke
Fine Gael - John Dolan
Fine Gael - Ruairí Keyes
Green Party - Louise Heavin
Independent - Tom Cleary
Independent - Kevin "Boxer" Moran
Independent Ireland - Paul Hogan
Irish Freedom Party – Catrina O’Donohoe
Labour - Ray Lennon
Sinn Féin - Conor Dowling-Linehan
Kinnegad LEA
Aontú - Laura O'Neill
Fianna Fáil - Shauna Coyne
Fianna Fáil - Alfie Devine
Fianna Fáil - Niall Gaffney
Fine Gael - Anthonia Izekor
Fine Gael - Seamus MacDermott
Fine Gael - Emily Wallace
Green Party – Carol Okeke
Independent - Noeleen Fanning
Independent Ireland - Brian Crum
Ireland First - Sarah Herraty
Labour - Denis Leonard
Sinn Féin - David Jones
Sinn Féin - Frances Monahan
Sinn Féin - Maureen Piggott
The Irish People - Ian McGauley
Moate LEA
Fianna Fáil - Vinny McCormack
Fianna Fáil - Liam McDaniel
Fine Gael - Tom Farrell
Independent - Michael O'Brien
Independent Ireland - Paul Hogan
Irish Freedom Party - Shane Lynam
Labour - Johnnie Penrose
Sinn Féin - John Lawlor
Mullingar LEA
Fianna Fáil - Bill Collentine
Fianna Fáil - Aoife Davitt
Fianna Fáil - Ken Glynn
Fine Gael - Andrew Duncan
Fine Gael - Gerry Heery
Green Party - Hazel Smyth
Independent – Mick Dollard
Independent - Patrick Hussey
Ireland First - Margaret Maguire
Labour - Fidelma Bennett
Sinn Féin - Damian Rooney
Sinn Fein - Julie McCourt
Social Democrats - Ali Morris