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Former MEP Chris McManus selected as Sinn Féin general election candidate in Sligo-Leitrim

Oct 3, 2024 21:44
By Eoghan Murphy
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Former MEP Chris McManus selected as Sinn Féin general election candidate in Sligo-Leitrim
Chris McManus makes a speech to delegates after winning the convention

TD Martin Kenny is set to be confirmed as the Leitrim representative, with the party running a two-candidate strategy in Sligo-Leitrim. 

Former MEP Chris McManus has been chosen to represent Sinn Féin in the general election in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency.

He beat Sligo councillor Thomas Healy at a selection convention in the Sligo Park Hotel tonight, in a vote to decide who would represent the party on the Sligo side of the constituency.

TD Martin Kenny has been confirmed as the Leitrim representative, with the party running a two-candidate strategy in Sligo-Leitrim.

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McManus was an MEP between March 2020 and July 2024, but he lost his seat in the recent European elections.

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