Rosie grew up in Ballinakill and currently lives in Abbeyleix. She is also a Parliamentary Assistant to Laois-Offaly Minister Pippa Hackett. Her priorities are building strong communities, housing, healthcare and public facilities.

I’ve looked at the profile of those who are running, and I don’t see myself, or the liberal left of Laois represented there. I am running to give everyone in Laois an option to vote for a young woman who cares about people, place, and planet. Every vote for me sends a signal to whomever forms the next Government that they cannot ignore the people of Laois who care about social and climate justice.

The greatest issue facing Laois right now is that we are not meeting the demand of its people. We are not building enough social and affordable housing. We do not have accessible, inclusive healthcare for everyone, we are at capacity in mainstream and special schools and we are not protecting our nature, our air and our water quality. We need an energetic, hardworking representative with a long-term vision for the future of our county and our country, not career politicians who think only in election cycles.

To praise Lovely Laois; we are a county that has been long forgotten about and I believe it is time that changed. Laois has so much to offer, be it tourism, industry, a growing population of young people, our sporting, literary and musical talent. I’m a proud Laois woman, and I will use my first opportunity, and every opportunity thereafter to work for and praise this wonderful county I am blessed to call home.