A former Labour member of
Waterford County Council and Dungarvan Town Council has said that he will not
be backing Ciara Conway in her bid to become Deputy Leader of the Party.
Billy Kyne, a member of a
famous political dynasty served the people of Dungarvan and the surrounding
areas on both bodies for a quarter of a decade up to his retirement ahead of
the recent local elections.
He has said that he will be
backing Joan Burton in the election to become party leader while he is backing
Alan Kelly a former MEP for Munster and current Junior Minister in a four way
race to become Deputy Leader. The former Town and County Councillor had made
his mind up those he was backing in both contests ahead of Ciara Conway
announcing on Monday that she was standing for Deputy Leader.
In 2011, Billy Kyne showed
an interest in running for the Dáil after Brian O’Shea announced that he was
not seeking re-election, and contested a challenge with Ciara Conway to see who
would run in the election. Former Waterford City Councillor and then Dungarvan Town
Councillor Ciara Conway were the two elected to run for Labour on polling day.
Deputy Conway invited her
former Town Council Colleague along with former County Councillor Ger Barron to
her press briefing in Dungarvan on Monday where she announced that she was to
stand in the contest for Deputy Leader but both the two now former County Councillors
opted not to attend.
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