Vote Catherina O'Sullivan No. 1 on June 7th
Catherina O'Sullivan is running as an Aontú candidate for the Kenmare LEA in the upcoming local elections.
Other Kerry Candidates
Aontú have 3 candidates running for Kerry County Council and are also running a candidate for the European Elections for the constituency of Ireland South.
Listowel LEA
Sonny Foran
Sonny Foran is a father of four who lives in Cleandries, Causeway. He has a strong background in business having been a Building Contractor and Publican for a number of years. He then changed careers and trained as a Health Care Assistant. Sonny has been involved in community and political activism for nearly 40 years and is a strong believer in standing up for those most marginalised in the community.
Castleisland LEA
Cáit Ní Ríordáin
Cáit Ní Ríordáin is a native of Castleisland town in Co Kerry.
She is a single parent and works as a shop assistant in the town as well as private security throughout the County.
A committed community activist, Cáit recognises the challenges in the local area around providing safe and secure housing to meet current and future demand. Anti-social behaviour is on the rise in our community and Cáit is determined to bring people together to address these problems as a unified locality.
Ireland South
Patrick Murphy
Ballydehob native Patrick Murphy is Chief Executive of the Organisation of Fishermen and Fish Producers known as the Irish South & West Fish Producers Organisation (IS&WFPO) based in Castletownbere on the Beara Peninsula.
Many may know him from our fishermen’s protest along the south coast that stopped Russian Military Naval Exercises from occurring in Irish sovereign waters off the south coast in January of 2022.
That success was repeated some few months later when our fishing community persuaded the French Military not to engage in similar exercises in those same Irish sovereign waters.
The Irish political system is radically broken
In Ireland the vast majority of elected representatives put a finger in the air to check which way the political wind is blowing. They have one eye on their leaders – seeking brownie points – and another eye keeping their seat safe. If elected reps shut up and do as they’re told, they are promoted; if they stand up for what they believe in, they are demoted. No wonder we have the political class we have. No wonder one point one billion euro is being buried in a hole under the National Children’s Hospital and that Stormont is in stalemate.
Throughout Ireland, many people are now afraid to say what they feel, many are afraid to respectfully engage on a range of different topics. Many feel there is a new censorship and a new political correctness in Ireland, that opposition to the establishment is being deleted.
Respectful opposition is not the enemy. Respectful opposition is a critical element of a functional democracy. Aontú will have the backbone to stand up, without fear, for you.