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Election 2016

Eddie Conroy

Party

AAA-PBP

Constituency

Roscommon-Galway

Occupation

Service manager

Age

39

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Biography

He is a local community activist in his area and is a prominent member of Right2Water, which protests against the water charges. He is also involved with protests against other austerity measures and is running under the banner that Roscommon has been neglected and forgotten by successive governments.

Question Time

Q.

Why should someone vote for you (in 140 characters or fewer)?

For a fairer, more equal society, where everyone has a future. It is a vote against neo-liberalism and the tyranny it brings to working people.

Q.

What is your number one priority for your constituency?

To reverse rural decline: I will look to bring jobs west of the Shannon. We want a national policy for rural Ireland to regenerate it.

Q.

What one thing would you like to do in your first 100 days of the new Dáil if you are elected?

Declare a housing emergency. Bring in emergency legislation to stop the banks from putting more families out on the street

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