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Aisling Moran Announces Candidacy For Upcoming General Election

Friday, 1 November 2024 09:50

Photo Credit: Cllr Aisling Moran Laois County Council Facebook

She will be running as an Independent representative in Laois.

Aisling Moran is contesting in the forthcoming General Election in Laois as an Independent Candidate. 

Doing the best for the people of Laois, that's the promise from an Independent election candidate for the county. 

She previously served as a Fine Gael representative but left the party after four years. 

Councillor Moran says her main issues include housing, healthcare and tax: 

You can find the full statement from Councillor Aisling Moran below:

Aisling Moran has declared as an independent candidate for the forthcoming general
election in Laois.
The outspoken councillor from the Graiguecullen-Portarlington area said she was
encouraged to run by the amount of offers of support she received right across the county.
Highly respected for her forthright views on accountability, value for money and transparency
the Killeen-Ballylinan councillor said she was not running as a protest candidate but rather to
give the electorate in Laois a real choice, an alternative voice, and a credible option for
change.
“I don’t believe anyone is entitled to a Dáil seat and I put the public interest ahead of any
personal ambition or party loyalties, that’s why I am an independent. People talk a lot about
change and wanting change. Well, if you want change, you must vote for it, and change
starts here.”
She continued: “There has been a woeful waste of the taxpayer’s money. The Children’s
Hospital costs quadrupling, and the infamous Dáil bicycle shed are just two examples, the tip
of the iceberg, but no one is ever held to account.
“Who signed off on the Children’s Hospital, the current Taoiseach, Simon Harris, who wants
to pretend that everything is honky dory and buy off the electorate with a splurge of double-
week payments. Meanwhile businesses are going to the wall, the cost of living is gone
through the roof, the housing crises just gets worse and the waiting lists and pressure on the
health service and frontline staff are more acute than ever, while our young people once they
qualify are voting with their feet and emigrating in their droves. Not a sausage in the Budget
for our students or to help retain and recruit crucial staff such as nurses, guards, and
teachers.
“I have solutions and a vision for a better way, and a safer more secure, more sustainable
society. Yet, when you try to put forward these views, ask the hard questions the government
parties circle the wagons and attempt to bully you into backing off. Well, I won’t be silenced
or deterred and will continue to always serve the public interest rather than the vested
interests.
“I am humbled and grateful for the fantastic support I received in my own community in the
local elections earlier this year and the general election provides a great opportunity for
Laois to shake up the cosy consensus and the same old, some old and put an independent
woman in the Dáil who will put people first. Independents will have a big say in the formation
of the next government and I want Laois to have a strong voice at that table,” Cllr Moran
concluded.

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