Leinster EU Convention in Gorey

John Dwyer

Sinn Féin's Leinster EU Selection Convention will take place at 11am in the Ashdown Park Hotel, Gorey, County Wexford, this Sunday, 7 December.

Following the second Nice Treaty referendum and the consequent reduction in the number of Irish MEPs to be elected to future European Parliaments, the Leinster constituency has been reduced from a four-seater to a three-seater constituency and is now to be known as the 'East' constituency.

Sunday's convention, which will select the Sinn Féin candidate to contest the new East constituency, is the last of a series of Sinn Féin EU conventions held, with Marylou McDonald previously selected to contest the Dublin constituency, Bairbre de Brún contesting the Six-County constituency, Pearse Doherty selected in Connacht-Ulster and Waterford's David Cullinane contesting Munster.

Proceedings in Gorey on Sunday will be chaired by Party General Secretary Robbie Smyth, with Ard Chomhairle members, elected representatives and delegates from the entire Leinster area in attendance.

Sunday's convention, which local general election candidate Cllr John Dwyer is expected to contest, takes place prior to the annual Liam Mellows Commemoration in nearby Castletown