Galway East Senator to contest European Parliament elections
Galway Bay fm newsroom - Galway East Senator Lorraine Higgins has been nominated by the Labour party to contest the European Parliament elections in May.
Senator Higgins was the only candidate to go forward to the Labour Party's Midlands/North-West selection convention this afternoon in Mullingar, County Westmeath.The convention was attended by party leader Eamon Gilmore, deputy leader Joan Burton, and Labour TDs and Senators from the Midlands/North-West constituency.