kieran deeny

West Tyrone may keep its’ independents #ae11

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West Tyrone’s independent MLA Dr Kieran Deeny may have decided to step down from the Assembly, but I can reveal that there will be at least one independent candidate standing in the constituency. Speaking to Omagh District Councillor  McGowan on Wednesday afternoon for a story that ran in today’s Ulster Herald, he confirmed that he will “definitely” run for the Assembly. A well known public figure in the Omagh District, McGowan has sat on Omagh District Council since 1985 and …

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Declaration of independents?

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In a conversation with independent West Tyrone MLA Kieran Deeny this week, he revealed that he has been approached by a number of people from various constituencies considering running for next year’s Assembly elections under the independent banner. First approached six months ago, he confirmed that he has already held talks with a number of these people in previous weeks and was set to meet two more this week. None are sitting MLAs, but from what I could gather most …

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West Tyrone – the Deeny factor

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With Kieran Deeny not running the constituency returned the best performances for three parties (in terms of increased percentage): Pat Doherty (SF) – +9.5% Thomas Buchanan (DUP) – +2.0% Ross Hussey (UCUNF) – +7.3% Even the SDLP managed their 2nd best % improvement here: Joe Byrne (SDLP) – +4.9% Anyone care to speculate on what if anything can be deduced about Deeny’s vote from this? ADDS: I know some will get cross at me doing this (not comparing like with …

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