A professor at Mary Immaculate College(MIC), Niamh Hourigan, is expected to be formally ratified as a candidate for Labour in the upcoming European Parliament Elections in the Ireland South Constituency.
County Tipperary forms part of the constituency along with Limerick, Clare, Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Kilkenny, Carlow, Wexford and Wicklow. . Party Leader Ivana Bacik is to attend the selection convention at the Metropole Hotel in cork on Sunday.
Prof. Niamh Hourigan is a Sociologist and currently Vice-President of Academic Affairs at Mary Immaculate College.
Professor Hourigan is responsible for managing the academic activity of MIC and maintaining intellectual quality of the institution’s teaching and research and also oversees a range of functions across the College.
She is currently a member of the Teaching Council, a member of the Board of the Central Applications Office and a member of the Irish Department of Justice’s Review Team of Civil Legal Aid.
The Ireland South Constituency will elect 5 MEPs in the June 2024 elections.
Sitting Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune will not be contesting the election this year.
The other sitting MEPs are Sean Kelly FG, Mick Wallace Independent, Billy Kelleher Fianna Fáil and Grace O’Sullivan Green party – all have declared their intention to stand for re-election.
In addition, Senator Paul Gavan and Kathleen Funchion TD are to stand for Sinn Fein, Lorna Bogue for An Rabharta Glas, Michael Leahy for the Irish Freedom Party and Cian Prendiville for the People Before Profit Solidarity Party.
