Last night
Members of Fianna Fail selected two candidates to contest the local elections
in the Cabra Finglas Area, David Costello and Paul Ward. The Cabra-Fingals Area includes Finglas west and
south, the parts of Finglas East which lie north of the Séamus
Ennis road, Cabra, The Navan road,
Ashtown, Pelletstown and parts Phibsboro and of Glasnevin.
David
Costello who is a first time election candidate said:
“I am delight to have been selected to contest the local
elections on May 23rd this year. As someone who is new to politics,
I look forward to getting the opportunity to prove my self to the people of my
community if elected to Dublin City Council”
In
his address to delegates following his selection Costello said:
“Our
party (Fianna Fail) has
demonstrated time and time again through out its history, that we are the party
that stands for fairness,----- protecting the interests of the vulnerable in
society.
I was born 30 years ago to Tommy and Kathleen
Costello and have lived most of my life in the Finglas Area. My dad passed away
a number of years ago. However, I know he would have been very proud this
evening.
For the majority of my memorable life my father suffered from MS. So,
I appreciate the difficulties faced by the many families in our community who
where left stranded last year when Dublin City
Council
announced that it could not award any more housing adaptation grants during the
second half of 2013. This was because funding from central government was cut
by 40% in the previous budget.
Suspension of the grant caused great distress
to many families in our community. Time and Time again over the last 8 months I
have met distraught families on the doors who where affected by this cut. This cut was passed from a Fine Gael-Labour
led government to a FG-Labour led City Council
and accepted with out question.
It’s not good enough
and we have to remind people that we are the party who oppose these unfair
actions.”
During his address Costello
discussed other areas that would drive his campaign over the coming months. They
included youth mental health and suicide prevention, property tax, uncertainty
over the cost of water charges and illegal dumping.
Costello and Ward
intend to present a united campaign across the area which includes more than
20,000 homes.
Costello finished by saying:“We are part of the new generation of Fianna Fail, who stand ready to set out our vision for Dublin in the coming months”
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