Kate O'Connell has lost out on a nomination for the Seanad. She failed to be re-elected in the Dublin Bay South area. Image: Niall Carson Kate O'Connell has lost out on a nomination for the Seanad. She failed to be re-elected in the Dublin Bay South area. Image: Niall Carson TWO FORMER FINE Gael TDs Kate O’Connell and Catherine Byrne have failed to secure a nomination from their party to run in the Seanad election.
While there had been speculation after the election that some ministers would look to the Seanad for a seat, Regina Doherty and Mary Mitchell O’Connor have ruled themselves out of the contest. Former Fianna Fail TDs for Kildare South, Fiona O’Loughlin, Lisa Chambers of Mayo and Margaret Murphy-O’Mahony of Cork South-West are all vying for a seat.Fine Gael made its final decision on who is getting a nomination at its party’s Executive Council meeting last night.
Joe O’Reilly of Cavan-Monaghan and Jerry Buttimer of Cork South Central have been nominated for the Labour Panel, as has John Cummins of Waterford.
Can’t believe this - 2 strong women candidates
If you lose a dáil seat you should be precluded from running for the seanad. Many of these 'public representatives' think it's all a gravy train funded by taxpayers. Enough is enough.
You lost. Accept it!
2 geebags refused admission to the nursing home for failed politicans .Kate O'Connell has 13 chemist shops a heap of properties let out.Where does she find the time to do it all .Oh I forgot someone else could have fobbed her in on to the gravy train the Dail
And yet Catherine Noone who thinks being socially awkward equates to autism got the nod, nice to see what FG think of those with disabilities when they support the nomination of someone who spoke the way she did and then blamed tiredness for her remarks
Kate my return to pharmaceuticals in Catherine's off her trolley hahaha
They could try a role of some charity i suppose
Back to the sow pen.
God help the poor husbands they are in for it now, imagine having to listen to these two 24 7
oconnellhugh will be quiet around these parts so.
What? Kate lost again
You’re cut!...
Devil damn the loss as they say. Ahem what loss, good riddance, happy days
LOLS
It’s Karma! Her husband (my cousin)and his family tried to put my unwell 71yr old mum out of her home, I had to remortgage mine to save it by €110,000 and I’ve 4 small kids & not working at the mo, her family are greedy, money mad, ruthless and shoved us under the carpet.Karma!
She lost .. and it must be hurting.
Well perhaps campaignforkate might think why not? She was beyond vitriolic to those supporting the human right to be bor alive - the most basic human right. The Holocaust was legal - did that make it right? Slavery was legal - did that make it right?
What’s an inside nomination? What about the other candidates who didn’t get one?
Tough one
I still can’t believe that Kate O’Connell lost her seat and Eoghan Murphy didn’t!
Women getting hammered again by the electorate. I wonder what the % is now.
Young, educated, & articulate. Sad loss to our Parliament....and then we are left with the gobeems of Ireland past, the Healy Raes and Mattie Mc Graths etc etc....🙄
Ya love to hear it
It's great news to read that Kate will not be getting a Seanad nomination. Completely out of of touch with ordinary people issues. Well healed pharmacist from South Dublin plenty of cash in the bank!!! Up her own arse to go with it.
Theres a reason for that
Hahahahaha ouch!
Maybe she’ll have to offload one of her 35 properties to survive.
Glad I voted to get rid of that money wasting Seanad but sadly it still exists merely for dail rejects or dail wannabes.
And Mary Lou sniggered al the way home Karma
Kate O Connell will be a FG minister in the not too distant future
Awwwww such a pity 😁
So no Senate seat for Catherine Noone? For shame!
That's a bummer altogether 😂
Wonderful to hear
I’m actually astonished about Kate O’Connell. She did terrific work around repealing the 8th. Good to see her hard & important work recognised by her own party. 😳 That’s cold. ❄️ I would love to see her go independent or join Labour, the GP or the SDs.
No gender balance in FG Seanad nominations anyway.
Lost their tickets to the gravy train. So sad. Might have to get real jobs now instead of stealing a wage from the taxpayer
Awh bless them
This is so sad... I will lite a candle. 🤣🤣🤣
garvangrant Blue hugh will be devastated...oconnellhugh
Hahahaha. Ye lost Kate, and ye must be hurting.
Kate must be hurting, she thought throwing her friend maria bailey under the bus would save her,
Big LOLs from the cheap seats 😂😂😂
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