Longford #LE24: Flaherty hails stellar Fianna Fáil performance and says Mimnagh and Cassidy will be battling hard to claim seats

Longford / Westmeath Fianna Fáil TD Joe Flaherty has hailed the stellar performance of the FF team across the three municipal districts in county Longford and he believes that first time candidates Sean Mimnagh (Ballymahon MD) and David Cassidy (Granard NMD) will be battling hard to win seats.

He said the FF performance in Longford MD was very encouraging with the party poised to take four seats through Martin Monaghan, Seamus Butler, Uruemu Adejinmi and Kevin Hussey.

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In Ballymahon MD, Mick Cahill and Pat O'Toole are on course to retain their council seats, and Deputy Flaherty feels, based on tallies, they could be joined by Sean Mimnagh. 

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And in Granard MD, he believes David Cassidy will be battling extremely hard to win the final seat and retain the FF in the north of the county. 

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Deputy Flaherty concluded, "That is a potential eight seats, a 33% increase on what we had and it is a stellar performance by an incredible team of candidates."

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