Seanad Election and the Arts

The current Seanad election is on-going.  A number of candidates have been in touch to indicate their support for the arts as part of their campaign platform. We’ve listed them in alphabetical order below with links to their websites so you can make up your own mind. Graduates of Trinity College elect three candidates as do graduates of National University of Ireland. If you already registered then a ballot paper is being posted to you. They must be returned by post by the 27 April. The candidates in alphabetical order are:

• University of Dublin 
• Ivana Bacik
• Rosaleen McDonagh
• Iggy McGovern
• Fiona O’ Malley

• National University Of Ireland, including graduates of UCC, UCD, Galway, Maynooth etc
• Donncha O’Connell
• Peter Mooney
• James Doorley