At the close of nominations, the Returning Officer, Dr Maurice Manning, Chancellor of NUI declared the following candidates to be properly nominated to contest the Seanad Éireann Election in the NUI constituency:
The election will be held by postal ballot. Ballot papers will be posted to over 112,000 electors on the NUI Register from 28 February 2020.
The Poll closed on 31 March 2020 at 11.00am.
The election count took place in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Results of the Seanad Éireann Election 2020 can be found on our Count results page.
Seanad Éireann Election 2020 Constituency of The National University of Ireland Candidates
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Ali O'Shea, Abbas
Director of AFA Consultancy
Butler, Jennifer
Academic - University Lecturer
Coppinger, Ruth
Teacher, Campaigner for Workers and Women's Rights and Climate Justice, Socialist Activist
Delahunty, Eoin
Operations Manager
Devine, Karen
University Lecturer
Dowling, Eva Elizabeth
Science Communicator and County Councillor
Downey, Garbhán
Publisher
Finn, Mick
Youth Officer, Cork ETB, Cork City Cllr [Ind] Former Lord Mayor, Cork City 2018/19
Finnegan, Peter
Change Leader; Member, Maynooth Governing Authority; Mediator, Poet
Harmon, Laura
Leadership Coordinator, National Women's Council of Ireland
Healy, Michelle
Member of University College Cork Governing Body; Project Manager
Hearne, Rory
Lecturer/Assistant Professor Social Policy, Maynooth University
Higgins, Alice-Mary
Senator, Advocate for Equality & Environment
Matthews, Marcus
Managing Director
McDowell, Michael
Senator and Senior Counsel
Mullen, Rónán Thomas
Full-Time Public Representative (Senator)
Price, Brendan Mary
B.Ag.Sc, M.Biol. Inst. Ind, CEO Irish Seal Sanctuary, Wildlife Advocate
Scanlon, Keith
BE, MEngSc, Electronic Engineer, Community & Wildlife Volunteer
Staunton Barrett, Anne
Retailer with a Degree in Management Information Systems, NUIG
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