Michael Doyle

Why should you vote for Michael?

Michael Doyle is one of two Sinn Féin candidates for Waterford City East in the local elections on Friday May 24th.

A proud Waterford man who follows Waterford F.C and Waterford hurling ardently, he currently lives in Grange with family and is aged 35.

Michael has vast life experience. With an initial background working in financial services as a Qualified Financial Adviser for seven years until 2012, Michael returned to education and graduated from Waterford Institute of Technology in 2016 with a degree in Applied Social Studies in Social Care.

Michael joined Sinn Féin in 2014 and served as Director of Elections for David Cullinane T.D. in the General Election of 2016. Since then, Michael has worked tirelessly as a political adviser for Sinn Féin in Seanad Éireann, the European Parliament and is currently Parliamentary Assistant in the Dáil to Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin T.D. working in the area of Disability Rights and Older Persons. He also sits on the officer board of the regional Cúige structure.

Michael’s politics are community politics and his main areas of interest are empowering rights, homelessness, community development, mental health and disability rights. Michael will be a fighting voice for all people in the Waterford City East LEA.

Fiona Dowd

Why should you vote for Fiona?

As a native of the Waterford City East electoral area, I have been working voluntarily for more than a decade on projects and issues within the Dunmore East community, such as obtaining grants and planning permission to upgrade and extend both the Light of Christ National School and also The Fishermen’s Hall, a historic and vital community facility. After returning from the United States in 2002 (having working on Wall Street for lONA Technologies for 10 years), l co-founded a successful technology company based in Waterford, Omnivend Systems, which has 15 local employees at our in operations centre in Cleaboy. I feel more than qualified to offer support, and a voice, to local enterprise. I want to put all this invaluable community and business experience to good use within the Waterford City East electoral area. I also aim to work with groups, support individuals, and do anything I can to help balance the inequality of our healthcare service here in the South East. I am hard-working, capable and fiercely passionate about our community issues; a community I am very proud to be part of. I want to make a difference in Waterford City East.

Councillor Eddie Mulligan

Why should you vote for Eddie?

Cllr Eddie Mulligan was first elected to Waterford Council in 2014. He lives in Knockboy with his wife Dervla and 10 year old daughter Erin. Eddie is a GAA nut and, despite being a proud De La Salle man, has a soft spot for his local club Ballygunner and even allows Erin to wear a Gaultier jersey!

Growing up in Henry Street, Eddie says that he is passionate about “returning Waterford to its rightful place – as the powerhouse of the region”. Throughout the past five years, Eddie has been active on a number of local issues such as education, health, housing, crime & anti-social behaviour whilst promoting the local economy as well as National issues affecting Waterford such as National Planning Framework, Regional Spatial & Economic Plan, Housing & Homelessness Policy, Policing Reform, and Fisheries amongst others.

Eddie says working for Waterford is a full time job, that rarely relents. “The days are long and the nights seem to be getting shorter… The last five years have shown me just how much Waterford has suffered and I don’t think we can take much more. With the voter’s help I want to continue fighting for the county I love so much.”

Councillor Matt Shanahan

Why should you vote for Matt?

‘Passionate about Waterford regaining its status as a ‘premier league’ city in the country. Significant executive management experience working in the private sector. Political Independent, a community and health campaigner who created HEFSE and is the leading driver of the ‘Hand On Heart’ campaign to deliver 24/7 Cardiac Care to University Hospital Waterford and health equality to the south east region’

Michael Garland

Why should you vote for Michael?

Why should you vote for Adam?

Hi there, I’m Adam. I’m 24 years old, I hold a Bachelors business degree with a specialisation in economics and finance. I work as a Sales Executive for a local radio station and have served as a member of Waterford Council for five and a half years, serving as Plenary Mayor of the City and County in 2016/2017.  I’m running as a Waterford City East Fianna Fáil candidate to be re-elected to Waterford City and County council.
I have worked over the last five years to provide the constituency with a pro active, honest, common sense voice and approach to local politics.
From serving on Waterford Council, as a board member of Waterford Airport, Garter Lane Arts centre, as Chairman of Red Star FC and being involved in many local resident committees, I have seen the hard work and dedication people have to their city. I have also seen many of the issues currently holding Waterford back from reaching its full potential. I’m very passionate about playing my role in Waterford’s future and hope to have your support on the 24th of May so I can continue in my role representing you with honour, drive and commitment. #MaketheWysechoice

Lee Walsh

Why should you vote for Lee?

The 33-year-old from Dunmore East wants to put energy back in Waterford politics.

Growing up in a fishing village, Lee has seen the devastation inflicted on his community by successive governments.

Lee is a voice for the Irish fishing industry which he describes as “Our greatest national resource”.

“Non-Irish boats have taken over €200 Billion worth of fish from our waters since 1973, that is greater than our national debt (which we will never be able to pay off).”

Lee is also deeply concerned about the Government’s current attitude towards immigration. Too much immigration puts unmanageable pressure on housing and on our health service.  There are over ten thousand people homeless in Ireland at this time and Lee believes that Irish people should be given a priority when it comes to housing.  Lee says that “Waterford County Council is behaving like the drunken husband who is going down to the pub buying everybody drink when the wife and children are starving at home”.

Give Lee Walsh your number 1 vote on May 24^th.

Councillor Pat Fitzgerald

Why should you vote for Pat?

A chairde,
I’m honoured to have been a Sinn Féin elected representative for East
Waterford for almost ten years now having been first elected to the Local
Authority in 2009 and again in 2014.
I am a native of Dunmore East and I continue to live in a rural area just outside
of the village. Over the last decade I have constantly raised issues and fought
the corner of Waterford East on WC & CC to ensure the East of the City and
County gets its fair share.
I have serious concerns about rural and urban decline. I believe the decline of
Ireland’s once proud fishing industry, the decline in numbers of people working
family farms, along with inadequate investment in rural infrastructure such as
Broadband, Roads, Footpaths Water Services and Housing has resulted in
falling living standards for the majority.
If chosen again by the people of City East to represent them, I will continue to
campaign for; (1) adequate funding to provide 24 /7 at University Hospital
Waterford. (2) a home building programme to build homes for ordinary
people. (3) as we live in a divided society a fairer taxation system is needed. (4)
lack of rural broadband. A new approach is needed.
Is mise, le meas,
Cllr Pat Fitzgerald

Jody Power

Why should you vote for Jody?

Born in #11 Henry Street, Waterford City to Dick and May Power, Jody moved to
Kingsmeadow House on the Cork Road in 1964. With his 8 siblings and 4 cousins,
Kingsmeadow House became synonymous with the Power and Whelan families,
well known and regarded throughout the community with their unsung
voluntary social works. This tradition has carried on in the present generation.
After Mount Sion School, Jody joined the Merchant Marine as an Engineering
Officer and travelled extensively throughout the world as he rose through the
ranks. He ultimately gained the highest possible international rank of Extra-First
Class Marine Engineer Officer [Combined Steam and Motor propulsion ships]
from the UK Dept. of Trade.

After completing his sea going career, Jody served as an Engineer Surveyor with
Lloyd’s Register in the UK before emigrating to the USA, where his
entrepreneurial spirit gained full flight in Financial Services, Real Estate Sales,
House Construction and Tourism in Narragansett, RI. Whilst in the USA, Jody
gained a Master’s Degree in Marine Affairs at the University of Rhode Island.

He returned home and worked as an Engineer Surveyor with Irish National
Insurance Co. [now Zurich] based in the South East, and gained an MBA in WIT.
During this time, Jody acted as Environmental Rep on the Waterford Voluntary
Community Forum and in due course, became its Chairperson. Many notable
achievements were realised for Waterford City at this time – the Waterford
Marathon, Quay Heritage Cane preservation, Cromwell’s Rock saved, Trees
planted on the Mall, JR City Square and a tree management plan developed.
Jody presently lectures in Marine Engineering at the National Maritime College
of Ireland. The father of four, who have all flown the nest, Jody resides in
Cheekpoint.

Councillor Davy Daniels

Councillor Sharon Carey