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59 Candidates Declare for MEP Elections in Ireland – Still Far Too Few Eurosceptics

DUBLIN is set to be the ‘group of death’ in the European election as three ex-ministers, a sitting MEP, the President’s daughter and a well-known TD vie for just three seats. Nominations for next month’s elections closed this afternoon with 59 candidates putting their names forward across the three constituencies. The competition is expected to be fierce after the UK’s decision to hold their own vote, pending their departure from the EU. Ireland was to gain two extra seats – one each in Dublin and Ireland South – but these will now be put into ‘cold storage’ until Brexit actually happens. This means the battle in the capital will be fascinating. Sinn Féin’s Lynn Boylan is the only sitting MEP to defend her seat after Brian Hayes (FG) and Nessa Childers (Independent) decided to step down. Former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald will be fighting to retain the Fine Gael seat, while ex-children’s minister Barry Andrews wants to retake a se
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