WEST CORK SF CANDIDATE TO BE AGREED ON FRIDAY

SINN FÉIN GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE TO BE AGREED ON FRIDAY

Clonakilty Sinn Féin enthusiastically welcomed the results of last weeks General Election results in the Six Counties which saw all of the party’s five M.P.’s retain their seats. The big focus was on Fermanagh-South Tyrone, where the Minister for Agriculture, Michelle Gildernew was defending the seat in that constituency, against an SDLP and a united Unionist candidate.

In the end, she kept the seat by the narrowest of margins after three counts. A number of West Cork Sinn Féin members, including one member from the Clonakilty Cumann, were on the hustings in the last week in Fermanagh-South Tyrone to help boost the campaign there. The seat was taken from Unionist control 29 years ago by Bobby Sands, while he was on Hunger Strike in Long Kesh. Ken McGuiness held it for around 18 years after, and Sinn Féin since 2001.

Looking to the next General Election here in the southern state, all SF members and supporters in the West Cork area are invited to attend an important party meeting in the Parkway Hotel this Friday evening 14^th, where the candidate will be selected. While no one knows when the general election may be, given the instability of the government and the economic crisis that has enveloped the country, it’s possible the government could fall at any time. Sinn Féin in Cork South West aims to be ready for this fight whenever it comes along, and agreeing and endorsing a candidate on Friday is the first step in the process. All Sinn Féin members and supporters in the area are encouraged to attend.

Anyone in the general Clonakilty area interested in going who wants to share transport should contact Cumann Cathaoirleach, Séamus deBúrca on 086-4009649.