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Cllr. John Clendennen

General Election Candidate for Offaly
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Cost of Living

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Putting the needs of local farmers and business at the heart of the discussion.

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Championing rural development throughout Offaly.

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Good to see the construction of Birr Primary Care Centre continuing at pace. Budget 2025 is investing in healthcare, and this important facility will be a major milestone in the delivery of modern day healthcare services for Birr and the surrounding area. A project I have shown unwavering support for from the very outset, the development is due for completion early 2026 #WorkingForOffaly

Good to see the construction of Birr Primary Care Centre...

This evening I met with members of @offaly_search_and_recovery based in Banagher to learn a little more about what they do. A truly dedicated bunch of volunteers that I’ve been happy to assist with grant funding in the past and will be truly deserved of any funding that comes their way in the future. #WorkingForOffaly

This evening I met with members of @offaly_search_and_recovery based in...

A really enjoyable evening at the @officialoffalygaa centenary commemoration for the 1924 All Ireland Winning Juniors Team. Well done to Brendan Minnock on all his research on the team, captained by Jack Holligan (Kinnitty) and first scorer of the game was Andy Cordial (Kinnitty) I’d safely say it was a late night at Giltraps this night one hundred years ago!🏆

A really enjoyable evening at the @officialoffalygaa centenary commemoration for...

I hosted a coffee morning at my Campaign Office (Patrick...
Nice to be able to support @offalyhospice coffee morning in our own place this morning @giltrapskinnitty Well done to my mother and sister, Phil and Eleanor, for organising and raising some funds. I’ll be hosting a coffee morning in aid of Offaly Hospice at my Campaign office located at Patrick Street Tullamore this Saturday from 11:00am - 1:00pm, call by if you are on town! 🍪🍰☕️

Nice to be able to support @offalyhospice coffee morning in...

A fresh morning in Ferbane for the official opening of the new section of greenway from Ferbane to Shannon Harbour 1 great to see a 70km stretch of greenway now spanning the county from Edenderry to Shannon Harbour. The next phase will see a focus on ‘Discovery and Recovery’ with the objective of appealing to everyone from the old to the young and an enjoyable recreational amenity. #WorkingForOffaly

A fresh morning in Ferbane for the official opening of...

With €5 Million announced yesterday under Just Transition for Mount Lucas, it was good to get out and meet people in Edenderry, Ballinagar and Daingean. #workingforoffaly

With €5 Million announced yesterday under Just Transition for Mount...

€5 million is being awarded to ‘The Mount Lucas Circular Bioeconomy Aquaculture Initiative (Circular IMTA)’, which is led by the Technological University of Shannon. It will demonstrate the production of new feeds and food ingredients from cultivated-duckweed and macroalgae at scale, using agri-food waste streams produced at a circular peatland integrated aquaculture site at Mount Lucas in Co. Offaly. Both projects will also include significant training and upskilling opportunities in both facilities across a range of scientific, technical, and engineering, facilitation, business and finance areas related to biorefinery and biomanufacturing. For more information please visit the link: https://tus.ie/rdi/research/centres-groups/empower-eco/biomdjt-project/ #workingforoffaly

€5 million is being awarded to ‘The Mount Lucas Circular...

Join us for a coffee this Saturday morning in aid of a very good cause. ☕️ #OffalyHospice #workingforoffaly

Join us for a coffee this Saturday morning in aid...

Some important dates over the next few months, putting money back in people’s pockets!

Some important dates over the next few months, putting money...

Three Offaly clubs will benefit from the Healthy Ireland Walking Tracks Initiative. Well done to Edenderry RFC Tullamore Rugby Club and Moneygall FootballClub on their successful funding allocations.

Three Offaly clubs will benefit from the Healthy Ireland Walking...

Three Offaly clubs will benefit from the @hihealthyireland Walking Tracks Initiative. Well done to @edenderryrfc @tullamorerfc and @moneygallfc on their successful funding allocations.

Three Offaly clubs will benefit from the @hihealthyireland Walking Tracks...

Great to see eleven rural communities benefiting from €432,336. This...

Great excitement at the Bracknagh Tractor Run this afternoon, a really well run event and the good weather was a bonus. Well done to all involved! Bracknagh Tractor Run #WorkingForOffaly

Great excitement at the Bracknagh Tractor Run this afternoon, a...

Good to have Minister @neale.richmond in Tullamore this afternoon for...

Register using the link to attend Fridays Budget Roadshow Event....

If you are planning to attend this Budget Roadshow Event on Friday, can you please complete the form attached so we can get a better idea of numbers. Hope to see you Friday! #WorkingForOffaly https://forms.gle/N6LhjxzVGLor7iep9

If you are planning to attend this Budget Roadshow Event...

Drop me a message if you would like to come...

I attended the Leinster community game AGM this afternoon, hosted by Offaly Community Games at @countyarmsbirr The community games play an important role in introducing children to sport, and developing an important foundation of well being, self- esteem and confidence for future life. An organization succeeding on the very essence of volunteering, and eleven successful clubs across Offaly. Well done to all involved and best wishes for the future. #WorkingForOffaly

I attended the Leinster community game AGM this afternoon, hosted...

Always happy to support Autism Awareness Roscrea and the work they do in the local community, working with families across an area covering Tipperary, Laos and Offaly.

Always happy to support Autism Awareness Roscrea and the work...

Tullamore Food Fare is the perfect pit stop following a...

The main tourism stakeholders in the country are united in seeking government support in Budget 2025 for the hospitality sector. The relentless rising costs of doing business must be addressed. #VAT9% #LabourCosts #Excise

The main tourism stakeholders in the country are united in...

Important maintenance funding of €9,000 announced by Minister Heather Humphreys today for three walking trails in Offaly, located in the Slieve Blooms, Moneygall and Portarlington Walkways and trails are an important asset for communities in Offaly, providing an outlet to get fresh air, exercise, connect with neighbours and friends and boost our mental wellbeing, whilst also a tourism attraction. Like so many, I enjoy getting out and walking our local trails and I look forward to seeing their continued success and I will continue to use any opportunity available to me to advocate for more funding for these important amenities. #workingforoffaly Moneygall Village Slieve Bloom Outdoors Portarlington Tidy Towns

Important maintenance funding of €9,000 announced by Minister Heather Humphreys...

Important maintenance funding of €9,000 announced by Minister Heather Humphreys today for three walking trails in Offaly, located in the Slieve Blooms, Moneygall and Portarlington Walkways and trails are an important asset for communities in Offaly, providing an outlet to get fresh air, exercise, connect with neighbours and friends and boost our mental wellbeing, whilst also a tourism attraction. Like so many, I enjoy getting out and walking our local trails and I look forward to seeing their continued success and I will continue to use any opportunity available to me to advocate for more funding for these important amenities. #workingforoffaly @moneygallvillage @slievebloomoutdoors @portarlingtontidytowns

Important maintenance funding of €9,000 announced by Minister Heather Humphreys...

Constructive meeting with @jgrennan.sons and representatives from Offaly @ifa.ie this...

Great to see the new patchwork class up and running in Kinnitty Community Centre in association with @loetbbirr There are some places available so if you’re interested in taking up a new hobby please let me know and I’ll put you in contact. #WorkingForOffaly 🧵🪡

Great to see the new patchwork class up and running...

I welcome the announcement this morning from Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, and confirming the location for the long awaited Midlands Specialist Palliative Care In-Patient Unit Tullamore. The decision marks a significant step forward in ensuring that the last region in the country will now have its badly needed Palliative Care Unit.   The newly approved facility, representing a government investment of over €20 million, will provide much-needed specialist symptom management, emotional support and spiritual care to patients in their own region. This development has been highly anticipated, with several potential sites shortlisted before today’s decision.   The decision to progress this specialist palliative care facility at Arden Lane in Tullamore ensures that patients in the region will finally receive the specialist care they require without the requirement to travel beyond their region.   I have been a vocal advocate for this specialist unit, highlighting the matter to An Taoiseach Simon Harris during the recent party Think In held in Tullamore, whilst also urging Minister Donnelly to expedite the process of determining the site. The Midlands region has waited over 20 years for this facility. It will relieve the burden on patients by addressing their specialist medical, nursing, symptom management, psychosocial and spiritual at a very difficult time for them and their worried families.   I appreciate there has been considerable debate surrounding the choice of site. There will be disappointment among some people that the Wellwood site has only been determined as a suitable contingency, but I believe the Wellwood site has the potential to be an acute healthcare provider of national importance and I am optimistic about it’s imminent future development. Tullamore has and increasingly will be a location of prime importance for the future of health services development that I am committed to progressing. I am fully committed to ensure this project materializes and will continue to engage with all stakeholders to deliver a hospice for Offaly and the Midlands. #WorkingForOffaly

I welcome the announcement this morning from Minister for Health,...

Great to see so many sports clubs and organizations across the county benefiting from Sports Capital Funding, an exception level of funding that will go a long way in harnessing future sporting success. #WorkingForOffaly

Great to see so many sports clubs and organizations across...

Good discussion with government ministers, Paschal Donohue and Peter Burke today at the Fine Gael Small Business and Enterprise Conference. It’s important that Budget 2025 address the cost of living by putting more money in people’s pockets and easing the burden on business and farming sectors. #WorkingForOffaly

Good discussion with government ministers, Paschal Donohue and Peter Burke...

Good to be involved in the @finegael Small Business and...

Another glorious day at the ploughing, great to see so...

Potatoes are plentiful at the ploughing!🥔🥔🥔😀 #Ploughing

If anyone would like more information or an introduction to...

That has been one quick week since the Fine Gael...

Ploughing and sunshine in the middle of September, a rare...

Call by the Fine Gael stand for a cuppa and a chat, Block 2, Row 14, Stand 259. See you there! #workingforoffaly

Call by the Fine Gael stand for a cuppa and...

Good to see sport clubs across Offaly benefiting from the Sports Club EV Charging Infrastructure Scheme. Successful clubs will be able to draw down funding for the installation of electric vehicle charging in their club grounds, with a Charge Point operator from a pre-approved panel. This is an important ramping up of public EV charging in local communities across the island, offering clubs the potential to generate income. #workingforoffaly @portarlingtongolf @edenderrygolfclub @tullamoretownfc @tullamorerfc @moneygallfc @strynaghs

Good to see sport clubs across Offaly benefiting from the...

If you’re in Tullamore today, drop by the Bridge Centre to support @tullamorerfc fundraiser. You might even win one of the prizes up for grabs come the Ireland V New Zealand game on November 8th. #workingforoffaly

If you’re in Tullamore today, drop by the Bridge Centre...

Great to have Minister Heather Humphreys in Kilcormac to officially...

That’s a wrap! A whirlwind 48 hours at the Fine Gael Think-in in Tullamore. Extensive engagement on the future of Offaly and Ireland, in advance of Budget 2025 and our party Election Manifesto. A word of gratitude to An Taoiseach and cabinet ministers that took the time to engage with the local community and so many different events. Really proud to showcase the best of our capital town. The hard work continues…. #WorkingForOffaly

That’s a wrap! A whirlwind 48 hours at the Fine...

I’m looking forward to the @finegael party think-in which will take place in Tullamore over the next two days. The party think-in is an annual event for Oireachtas members and General Election candidates to share ideas in advance of the new Dáil term. Along with my Councillor colleagues in Offaly, I’m looking forward to welcoming everyone from most recently selected candidates to An Taoiseach @simonharristd to Tullamore to discuss a range of important national topics over the next two days. It is also a real opportunity to showcase the best of our capital town to national politicians, and particularly cabinet ministers. In light of some of the challenges we face locally it will be an opportunity for open and constructive discussion, particularly following the recent announcement at Cardinal Health, the need for a greater commitment to foreign direct investment in our capital town to leverage further job creation and support for local community facilities and volunteer groups. Fine Gael in government have committed to Offaly in a many ways in recent years, and I particularly welcome Minister @heatherhumphreys.td who will officially open the new Community Centre in @killeigh_community_centre this afternoon. As a General Election candidate I’ll be maximizing the opportunity to showcase Tullamore town and the entire county of Offaly, and most importantly finding the time for some canvassing too considering the General Election is less than six months away. #workingforoffaly

I’m looking forward to the @finegael party think-in which will...

Good to be at the last of the moonlit movies series of outdoors events at Birr Courthouse this evening, and the last official event under the guidance of Gary Hoctor. Gary has been at helm of Offline Film Festival for 14 years and has done mammoth work in developing creative arts and putting Birr on the cultural map. Best of luck to the new Offline committee in the years ahead. Birr Courthouse has huge potential and is on course to receive considerable funding for future development, I’ll be doing all I can to ensure it materializes and takes its rightful place as a cultural and arts hubs with national recognition in the heart of birr town. @offlinefilmfestival @garyhoctor #workingforoffaly

Good to be at the last of the moonlit movies...

Congratulations Cllr. Willie Aird on his selection as the Fine Gael candidate in Laois for the next General Election. A man with plenty of experience and a reputation for hard work, best of luck to Willie, his wife Ann Marie and all his team in the upcoming campaign.

Congratulations Cllr. Willie Aird on his selection as the Fine...

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