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Two Limerick politicians put on Fianna Fáil ticket for general election

Sandra Quinn, 30 Aug

AT A party selection convention chaired by MEP Billy Kelleher last

night, sitting TD Niall Collins and councillor for the Adare-Rathkeale

area, Bridie Collins, were both selected to represent Limerick for

Fianna Fáil in the upcoming general election.

Deputy Niall Collins was first elected to Limerick City and County

Council for the Bruff area in 2004.

He became a TD when elected to Dáil Éireann three years later in 2007.

The Patrickswell man worked as an accountant before entering politics.

Deputy Collins is the Minister of State at the Department of Further

and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and is also the

spokesperson for justice and equality for Fianna Fáil.

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Cllr Bridie Collins was first elected to the Adare-Rathkeale area in

2019.

Originally from Donegal, the councillor who lives in Adare has been

heavily involved in the tidy town group in the town.

In this year's local elections, Cllr Collins retained her seat on the

sixth count after being just two counts away in the previous count.