Monaghan Co Co decides not nominate presidential nomination. Monaghan County Council has voted not to nominate any potential candidate in the Presidential Election.
The local authority asked if they wanted to nominate a candidate. Indeed, 15 of the 18 said they didn’t want to nominate any of the 10 presidential hopefuls they heard at today’s special meeting. Furthermore, one councillor didn’t indicate; while two councillors were not present at the time of the vote.
Cllr Aidan Campbell for Fine Gael said that; "we have an excellent candidate in Heather Humphreys and we will be supporting Heather in a bid to get a Monaghan person elected to the Presidency". Moreover, he said for this reason they would not be putting anyone forward.
While speaking on behalf on the Sinn Fein members; Cllr Pat Treanor said they were backing Catherine Connolly which is the reason they would not be nominating anyone in the process.
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