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FIANNA FÁIL HAS selected former international football referee Michelle O’Neill as their candidate for the Wexford constituency in the upcoming general election . She will be joined on the party ticket by TD James Browne.“Fianna Fáil believes in the power of women in sport and that has been shown by the overall percentage of women on boards across the sport sector that I have seen firsthand, which stands at 45%.
Tánaiste Mícheál Martin said that he was “delighted” to welcome her as the party’s additional candidate. O’Neill, who is originally from Enniscorthy, retired from refereeing last month, and had a long and decorated career.
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