Leinster & Munster LE19

May 22, 2019 Shan Kelly

**Migrant women candidates running for local council seats May 2019**

There are nine migrant women candidates running for election to local councils across Leinster and Munster this Friday.

Two are running for the Labour Party and two are Independent candidates.

The Greens, Fine Gael, Fianna Fail, Renua and People Before Profit each have one migrant woman candidate running for election to local councils. Women migrant candidates are running in Longford, Greystones, Wexford, Limerick, Meath, Clare, Cork and Carrigaline.

Candidate	Party	Constituency	Originally from
Uruemu Adejinmi	Fianna Fail	Longford County Council	Nigeria
Anne Waithira Burke	Labour	Greystones & Wicklow County Council	Kenya
Dorota Kulesza	Renua	Wexford County Council New Ross	Poland
Yemi Adenuga	Fine Gael	Meath County Council	Nigeria

Munster

Candidate	*Party*	*Constituency*	*Originally* *from*
Elena Secas	Labour	Limerick City and County Council	Moldova
Lekha Menon Margassery	Independent	Cork City and County Council	India
Amanda Major	Independent	Clare County Council	Nigeria
Catriona Reid	Green Party	Carrigaline and Cork County Council	Romania
Tjitske De Vries	People Before Profit	Cork City South West	The Netherlands

Categories: Events, UncategorizedTags: 2019, local election, migrant women candidates

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