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KILLALOE was the fourth and last Fine Gael Local Election 2014 Convention held in Clare, and the third of the conventions to be concluded without the necessity of an election.
Last night (Monday) three candidates were nominated to contest the six-seat constituency that spans from Cappavilla in the south to Abbey in the north and is made up of the majority of the Killaloe area and part of the current Ennistymon area.
The three Fine Gael candidates nominated to contest the new Killaloe Municipal Area were three sitting councillors, mayor of Clare Cllr Joe Arkins at the north of the constitu- ency and Cllr Pat Burke and Cllr Joe Cooney from the current Killaloe area.
Sources close to the Fine Gael party said it was also possible that a fourth candidate would be added to the ticket by headquarters in the coming weeks.
As all of the Government party’s conventions are now concluded in the county, a special election committee will consider if more candidates will be added to the tickets, especially in three of the areas.
There are already five candidates selected to contest the eight-seat Ennis area, with an addition here less likely than in the other three.
Killaloe could see one more name added to the three incumbents in the coming weeks, with one or even two names to be added to the Shannon Municipal Area ticket to join Councillors John Crowe and Sean McLoughlin.
In West Clare at least one if not two candidates will also be added, with one candidate more than likely coming from the town of Kilrush.