Sinn Fein have selected Councillor Martin Kenny as the party's general election candidate in Roscommon-South Leitrim. The Aughavas man was first co-opted on to Leitrim County Council in 2003 as a replacement for party colleague, Liam McGirl, and was re-elected in both 2004 and 2009. Kenny was also Sinn Fein's general election candidate in 2007 where he managed to secure over 8 per cent of first-preference votes.

Policies

• Job creation and an end to forced emigration
• A new banking policy that protects the people and the economy from speculators and gamblers
• Use Ireland's natural resources for the common good

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