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FIANNA Fáil will hold its first convention for next year’s Local Elections on Friday night in Shannon.
The delegates will be asked to select their candidates from the nominees that will go before convention.
A directive from head office will have to be issued as to how many candidates will be selected to contest the six-seat constituency.
What is expected to be a hotly-contested Ennis convention will take place in the Auburn Lodge Hotel on December 2, with an estimated 10 people expected to be nominated in this eight-seat constituency.
Nominations for each area close up to a week before convention, so an exact figure is not yet known.
The convention for the Killaloe area is on in the Old Courthouse in Tulla on December 6, while the West Clare area convention will take place on December 9 in the Armada Hotel in Spanish Point.
The West Clare area is the only convention likely to be divided into two district conventions as it is made up of the old Kilrush and Ennistymon electoral areas.