This article is from page 14 of the 2013-12-03 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 14 JPG
LIBRARIAN Seamus Ryan (Lab) has been chosen to contest the Ennis Electoral Area for the Labour party at next year’s local election.
Ryan, who was also re-elected to the National Executive of the Labour party over the weekend saw off the challenge on well-known disability rights campaigner Dermot Hayes to secure the nomination. Ryan, who works at the De Valera Library in Ennis, has identified the conversion of unused local authority properties to community use and funding alcohol-free locations for youth in Ennis as two of his key campaign elements.
“I intend to start campaigning this week,” he said.
“I will be focusing on a number of issues that will impact on familes.
“A number of local authorities properties will soon become available and I would like to see these premises to be put to good use and made available to not-for-profit organisations such as community childcare providers. Seamus secured his second election success of the week on Saturday when he was re-elected to the National Executive of the Labour party during at the Labour National Conference.