FG urged to add third Clare candidate

FINE GAEL headquarters was yesterday urged to add a third candidate to its general election ticket in Clare “as soon as possible”.

Former TD Madeleine Taylor-Quinn yesterday made the call after the party selected sitting TDs Joe Carey and Pat Breen at the party’s convention at the Auburn Lodge Hotel in Ennis on Sunday.

Ms Taylor-Quinn and Cllr Martin Conway (FG) withdrew their names after a directive from party HQ that the convention select only two candidates.