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Labour row over candidate choice in Sligo-N Leitrim

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Monday August 23, 2010 11:26

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The question of a split in the Labour Party Camp is not going away

In an article in the "Sunday Tribune" on 25th July 2010, Conor McMorrow wrote about the "parachute candidate". The question that can now be asked is what the future holds and what is going to happen to the Labour Party in Sligo/N Leitrim, now that the general public and the dogs in the street, are aware that all is not well within the local party.? what a way to start an election campaign.
What if anything is going to happen?
there are some interesting comments attached to the web link below.

After the two candidates got 71 votes each, it was then decided to choose the general election candidate by a draw from a hat. But Cawley's delight at being drawn from the hat was short-lived when it was announced that under Labour Party rules it is the name that is left in the hat that wins, so O'Keefe was declared the winner.

Subsequently, it emerged that neither Cawley nor O'Keeffe won as new party rules dictate that the issue of selection be handled by Labour's executive board when there is a tie at convention. So on 10 July both candidates travelled to Dublin where they were asked to give a presentation in front of the executive.

Thirteen of the 14 people on the executive board voted on the best candidate. Ten chose O'Keeffe and three went for Cawley.

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Comments (34 of 34)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Boyd Barrett for Taoiseach	Peg-a-leg	Tue Aug 24, 2010 22:08
2	Labour will go into government with Fianna Fail	Plato	Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:52
3	Burton plotting?	Plato	Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:56
4	journalism?	source	Sun Aug 29, 2010 13:03
5	Get real	Realist	Sun Aug 29, 2010 13:20
6	I agree (with "realist")	Mike Novack	Sun Aug 29, 2010 13:32
7	vote your freedom away	Downes	Sun Aug 29, 2010 16:39
8	how high can you jump	Super star	Tue Aug 31, 2010 13:06
9	The simple truth	Plato	Thu Sep 02, 2010 17:06
10	Any news	Pauline	Sat Sep 04, 2010 19:41
11	United front.	Brian	Thu Sep 09, 2010 13:38
12	Sligo Split alive and well	Super Star	Wed Sep 15, 2010 23:32
13	Goodby Alwyn Love	Big Boots	Thu Sep 16, 2010 08:38
14	a little bit o' this and a little bit o' that ;	Sceptic	Thu Sep 16, 2010 14:16
15	Sour Grapes	Hughie	Thu Sep 16, 2010 20:32
16	Spoiled for choice.	Pauline	Sat Sep 18, 2010 18:33
17	You can Never improve on The Truth .	Sceptic	Sun Sep 19, 2010 04:25
18	Alternative	Plato	Sun Sep 19, 2010 09:11
19	The Rise of wonder woman	Big Boots	Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:08
20	Warren runs	Super Star	Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:20
21	hopelessly divided	Queen Maeve's husband	Sun Sep 19, 2010 13:28
22	No Vision	Kevin	Mon Sep 20, 2010 21:42
23	The Real Sligo Labour Party.	Brian	Tue Sep 21, 2010 16:02
24	A new Beginning	Big Boots	Sat Oct 02, 2010 08:49
25	Best candidate	Pauline	Mon Oct 04, 2010 22:39
26	Spent force	Hughie	Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:46
27	Spent force	Hughie	Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:46
28	O Keefe and Bree	Sligo Man	Sat Oct 09, 2010 13:29
29	FG and SF Selection Convention impact	Bog Boots	Sat Oct 16, 2010 07:44
30	this is exactly the manure the media usually feed us about elections	V for vendetta	Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:29
31	Class politics	Ned the red	Sun Oct 17, 2010 20:13
32	Low key	Brian	Wed Oct 20, 2010 01:15
33	United left alliance	Jimmy	Wed Oct 27, 2010 23:26
34	Welcome to Sligo	John C	Tue Nov 02, 2010 19:32

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