Louth TD Peter Fitzpatrick with Mairead McGuinness MEP at last night’s event in the Crowne Plaza Hotel
Local MEP Mairead McGuinness was last night nominated to represent the Midlands-North-West constituency in May’s European Parliament elections.
Mairead, who was first elected in Europe in 2004, was nominated by local TD Peter Fitzpatrick at a selection convention in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dundalk.
The former Ear to the Ground presenter, who lives just outside Ardee, was recently appointed leader of the Fine Gael delegation in the European Parliament. She is also vice-chairman of the EPP Group, the largest grouping in the European Parliament.
The only other local candidate for the Midlands-North-West Constituency for the European Parliament elections on May 23rd is local Green Party councillor Mark Dearey, who will also be running in the local elections on the same date.
The Midlands-North-West constituency comprises 15 counties, including Louth. Also running for one of the four seats in the constituency is Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy and independent candidates Marian Harkin and Ronan Mullen.
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