I realised I've been remiss in sharing here, so in case anyone's looking for some #Seanad2025 guidance, I've got a spreadsheet going with candidates from both panels and their positions on some major issues.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HcbVMNv-L_MUFISJbEohi2MIz9S_xtV_4yL_4NARACA/edit?usp=sharing
Please welcome @evadowling to Mastodon.
Eva is running for the Seanad in the NUI Constituency and would make a brilliant senator!
Did you attend Trinity College Dublin or have your degree awarded by Trinity? Then you can vote in the Dublin University Seanad Panel!
I want to be a strong voice in the Seanad for climate, for equality, and for a better Ireland.
Ballots have been posted already to your address - I'm asking for your No. 1 vote or next highest preference to ensure that we have a strong, progressive voice representing you in the Oireachtas.
I'll be hoping Senator Alice-Mary Higgins can be returned to the Seanad from the NUI panel and that she will be joined by Green Party Councillor Eva Dowling.
I know the Seanad is probably the most unrepresentative body in our democracy but I would urge people to vote if they have a vote.
You can be sure that people like Laoise De Brún and Sandra Adams form the Terf organisation, The Countess, will be rallying their troops and trust me, you don't want to see either of them in our Oireachtas.
Likewise it would be satisfying to see the anti-choice Senator Rónán Mullen ousted from the Seanad.
The full list of candidates for the Seanad elections for the University of Dublin and NUI constituencies has been published.
I think only @HazelChu @sadhbhoneill and @aliceeire have a presence on Mastodon
This will be the last Seanad election which excludes graduates of other Universities.
Ballots will be posted out to eligible voters on the 30th December with polls closing on 29 January 2025 at 11.00am
https://www.thejournal.ie/seanad-election-2025-6566733-Dec2024/
If you're missing #GE24, never fear! #SE25 is almost upon us, as Seanad elections take place in January.
Confirmed candidate list of twelve confirmed for the last-ever NUI panel in the Seanad elections (h/t @gavreilly):
Sandra Adams
Hilary Beirne
Ronán Collins
Eva Dowling
Alice-Mary Higgins*
Marie Keenan
Mairead Kenny
Dara Joseph Kilmartin
Michael McDowell*
Rónán Mullen*
Michael O’Doherty
Linda O'Shea Farren
(* = incumbent)
Background info: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Seanad_election
