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The Piltown LEA
Twelve candidates are going head to head in a bid to secure the five seats on offer in the Piltown Electoral Area in the local elections. Click here to see the candidates and their bios
Four out of the five sitting candidates — Pat Dunphy ( Fine Gael), Ger Frisby ( Fianna Fáil), Fidelis Doherty ( Fine Gael) and Tomás Breathnach (Labour) are seeking to be re-elected with Jenny Catt Slattery (Fianna Fáil), Maria Wall (Fianna Fáil), Damien Donoghue (Fine Gael), Natasha Newsome Drennan (Sinn Féin), Michael Wemyss (Sinn Féin), David Kane (Social Democrats), Benny McDonagh (Green Party) and Richard Daly (The Irish People) all vying for seats.
Interestingly for the area, Eamon Aylward (Fianna Fáil) has decided not to re-run in the local elections this year.
Hailing from the mighty Aylward political dynasty in South Kilkenny, Eamon claimed the third seat in the constituency last election. His now-vacated seat offers an opportunity for this year’s new candidates, and Aylward’s non-sitting party colleagues Jenny Catt Slattery and Maria Wall will be hoping to retain the seat for the party.
With two more overall contenders than in the 2019 local election, the end result of the Piltown LEA election is far from certain.
Sinn Féin will certainly be hoping that one of their two candidates will be able to contest a seat and it will be interesting to see how Fine Gael’s new candidate Damien Donoghue fairs.
The same can be said for Green Party candidate Benny McDonagh, Irish People Party candidate Richard Daly and Social Democrats candidate David Kane - all three of whom did not contest the previous local election.
The Piltown LEA is a contrasting mix of urban and rural communities. Some of the urban areas include Mooncoin, Piltown, Mullinavat and parts of Ferrybank.
Elected councillors in the area hold their monthly meetings in the library at Ferrybank Shopping Centre.
Big issues in the area include road and water infrastructure, housing, farming, the rising cost of living and healthcare.
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