Today we get to decide the shape of our political representation for the next five years.
There are twenty General Election candidates bidding for the five-seater Carlow Kilkenny while north west Kilkenny voters have a say in Tipperary North where they’ll choose three from fourteen hopefuls. (See the candidates and hear from those who took part in our The KCLR Daily General Election debates below).
See also: Follow the KCLR General Election 2024 live blog here.
If you’re unsure which constituency you’re due to vote in, An Coimisiún Toghcháin / The Electoral Commission has a handy map which you can check here.
All eligible to vote should have been sent a polling card to take to their local station but if you didn’t get one of these you can still cast your ballot by bringing with you official identification. Accepted are: passport, driving licence, employee or student identity card (with photograph), travel document with name and photograph, bank / savings / credit union book with address in constituency or a public services card. Alternatively, you can present one of the following with a further document which confirms your address within the constituency: cheque book or card, credit card, birth certificate or marriage certificate.
Polling Stations
Polling opened at 7am this morning and continues to 10pm with 220 stations in the Carlow Kilkenny constituency:
For those of you in Johnswell note the change;
While for those in North West Kilkenny voting in the Tipperary North constituency:
Candidates for Carlow Kilkenny
There are twenty names on the ballot sheet for Carlow Kilkenny – sixteen of these were able to take part in one of our General Election debates (here, here and here).
Catherine Callaghan (Fine Gael)
Peter Chap Cleere (Fianna Fáil)
Orla Donohoe (Irish Freedom Party)
Michael Doyle (Fine Gael)
David Egan (Liberty Republic)
David Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)
Áine Gladney Knox (Sinn Féin)
Tom Healy (Independent)
Eugene McGuinness (Independent)
John McGuinness (Fianna Fáil)
Jennifer Murnane O’Connor (Fianna Fáil)
Natasha Newsome Drennan (Sinn Féin)
Malcolm Noonan (Green Party)
Luke O’Connor (Independent)
Seán Ó hArgáin (Labour)
John O’Leary (Independent)
Gary O’Neill (Aontú)
Patricia Stephenson (Social Democrats)
Adrienne Wallace (People Before Profit / Solidarity)
Noel G Walsh (Independent)
Candidates for Tipperary North / North West Kilkenny
There are 14 people bidding for a seat in Tipperary North which also includes 13 electoral districts across north west Kilkenny:
Evan Barry (Sinn Féin)
Phyll Bugler (Fine Gael)
Dan Harty (Sinn Féin)
Alan Kelly (Labour)
Michael Lowry (Independent)
Peter Madden (The Irish People)
Liam Minehan (Independent)
Diana O’Dwyer (People Before Profit / Solidarity)
Ryan O’Meara (Fianna Fáil)
Francis O’Toole (Aontú)
Justin Roundy Phelan (Independent)
Iva Pocock (Green Party)
Jim Ryan (Independent)
Michael Smith (Fianna Fáil)
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