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PODCAST: Second general election debate with Sligo-Leitrim candidates

Nov 14, 2024 17:24 By Eoghan Murphy
PODCAST: Second general election debate with Sligo-Leitrim candidates
Those in today's debate were, from left, Deputy Frank Feighan, of Fine Gael; Eamon Scanlon, of Fianna Fáil; Independent TD Marian Harkin; Independent Ireland councillor Michael Clarke; and Sinn Fein's Chris McManus
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There are 16 declared candidates so far – four in Leitrim and 12 in Sligo.

Today on Let's Talk, we continued our series of debates with candidates ahead of the general election on November 29th.

We focused on the Sligo-Leitrim constituency, which includes all of Sligo and Leitrim and a population of around 9,400 people in south Donegal, including Ballyshannon and Bundoran.

There are four seats up for grabs in this constituency.

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There are 16 declared candidates so far – four in Leitrim and 12 in Sligo.

Today, we hosted a debate with five of them; on Monday we hosted a debate with another five; and a debate with the remaining candidates will be hosted over the next two weeks.

The candidates in today’s debate were: Cllr Michael Clarke, of Independent Ireland; Deputy Frank Feighan, of Fine Gael; Deputy Marian Harkin, an Independent; Chris McManus from Sinn Féin; and Eamon Scanlon, from Fianna Fáil.

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