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Election 2016

Green Party Candidate

Leslie O'Hora

Party

Green Party

Constituency

Sligo-Leitrim

Occupation

Solar energy worker

Age

ELIMINATED

Biography

A solar energy worker and founder of the Good Energies Alliance Group, this is his first time running for election. He is a prominent campaigner in the anti-fracking protest movement and is running on a platform of promoting renewable energy and renewing rural communities.

Question Time

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

Because I\'m going to bring a new, fresh vision to the northwest based on my national and international business experience.

What is your number one priority for your constituency?

Creation of sustainable jobs for youth in order to avoid more empty nests.

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

I want to push ahead with an activity-based tourism plan and a mega project to draw half a million people to the north-west with a Bilbao type attraction.