Denis Naughten era ends: How might it affect these ten?

nouncement, again subject to the existing Roscommon-Galway constituency remaining largely unchanged.

Senator Eugene Murphy will be determined to lead the FF comeback charge, but expect Cllr. Keogh and probably Cllr. Paschal Fitzmaurice to also go before the party’s selection convention. Fianna Fáil sources suggest that Cllr. Orla Leyden is unlikely to seek a nomination.

On the Sinn Féin front, should the Roscommon-Galway constituency remain intact, the party which has had so much momentum in opinion polls in recent months could well run Ballinasloe Are councillor Dermot Connolly along with sitting TD Claire Kerrane.