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11 candidates confirmed to run in Meath East by-election

Four independent candidates have filed paperwork to run against seven candidates from parties big and small.

A TOTAL OF 11 candidates have been confirmed to run in the Dáil by-election for the vacant seat in Meath East.

Candidates had until 12pm today to file the appropriate paperwork with the returning officer.

Fine Gael’s candidate Helen McEntee will seek to win the seat vacated by the death of her father Shane, the junior minister for food safety.

A former TD for the area, Senator Thomas Byrne, will look to win the seat for Fianna Fáil, while Labour will field county councillor Eoin Holmes looking to pick up a seat.

Sinn Féin’s candidate, Darren O’Rourke, is a policy advisor to his party’s health spokesman Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. The Green Party candidate Seán Ó Buachalla is a development officer for youth clubs.

The leader of the recently formed Direct Democracy Ireland party, Ben Gilroy – who lives in Navan, just over the border in the neighbouring Meath West – and Seamus McDonagh of the Workers’ Party are the other candidates from recognised political parties.

In addition, four non-party candidates have entered the fray.

Charlie Keddy of Kilcoole in Co Wicklow, a plumber who has contested the last four general elections in Wicklow, has filed the paperwork to run in Meath. Jim Tallon, a farmer who also contested the 2011 election in Wicklow and is a regular candidate, is also set to run.

Mick Martin of Slane, a financial services advisor, will run for the first time, as will psychiatric nurse Gerard O’Brien from Navan.

Candidates now have until the end of the week to withdraw their candidacy. Voting takes place a fortnight from today.

Read: Meath East by-election: Here are the candidates and here’s what they’re saying

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    Mute Eric Lensherr
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    Feb 13th 2015, 12:58 PM

    I’d be more concerned with the cocaine all the other houses are storing on their roofs.

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    Mute Vic
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    Feb 13th 2015, 11:37 AM

    That’s a standard way to catch people in the Netherlands, you can buy fake snow to put on the roof! Rookie mistake lol

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    Mute Kevin Higgins
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    Feb 13th 2015, 2:51 PM

    Or just use LEDs and keep the snow on your roof, better quality cannabis aswell imo

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    Mute Paul McGuigan
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    Feb 13th 2015, 7:59 PM

    Or a roofie mistake

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    Mute Jamie McCormack
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    Feb 13th 2015, 8:42 PM

    So you wait for it to snow, and start sticking, even in the dead of night, and then you clamber up onto the roof with your pre-prepared several sacks of fake snow and proceed to cover your roof with the stuff. While it’s snowing.

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    Mute Ewan Scott-Douglas
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    Feb 13th 2015, 11:38 AM

    Next time get some better insulation.

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    Mute dearg doom
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    Feb 13th 2015, 11:46 AM

    You can’t always predict the snow, and you can’t just go up there and put fake snow on the roof in case it snows overnight. That would look even more conspicuous.

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    Mute Jamie McCormack
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    Feb 13th 2015, 8:45 PM

    Exactly dude, should have read all comments before i posted.

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    Mute Joe Bloggs
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    Feb 13th 2015, 11:35 AM

    Idiots!

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    Mute Brendan Cooney
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    Feb 13th 2015, 11:53 AM

    Probably smoking too much of their own produce!

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    Mute Robbie O'Flynn
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    Feb 13th 2015, 12:11 PM

    These guys werent obeying to the old saying…..
    “Dont get high on your own supply!”

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    Mute twonky kong
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    Feb 13th 2015, 1:20 PM

    Dopes !

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    Mute Kevin Higgins
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    Feb 13th 2015, 2:51 PM

    (PUN)

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    Mute Hoof Hearted
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    Feb 13th 2015, 6:04 PM

    Doh !

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    Mute jason bourne
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    Feb 13th 2015, 11:47 AM

    Just paint your roof white

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    Mute Alanearls
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    Feb 13th 2015, 6:21 PM

    Then when the snow melts the cops just drive around looking for houses with white roofs ;-)

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    Mute Neil Corcoran
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    Feb 13th 2015, 12:14 PM

    That story is 2 weeks old, slow news day?

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    Mute Pauliebhoy
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    Feb 13th 2015, 12:32 PM

    Snow news day?

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    Mute Neil Corcoran
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    Feb 13th 2015, 2:15 PM

    Badum tish!

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    Mute The Dabbler
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    Feb 13th 2015, 12:24 PM

    6×6 grow tent worked for me. Minimal heat escaping.

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    Mute Hank Schrader
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    Feb 13th 2015, 12:04 PM

    The big electricity usage is usually a good give away too, unless… You just bypass the meter.

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    Mute Kevin Higgins
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    Feb 13th 2015, 2:53 PM

    For commercial maybe but for personal use its using no more power than your front garden spotlights.

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    Mute Dsl
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    Feb 13th 2015, 11:55 AM

    Just stop growing that Shyte

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    Mute Kevin Higgins
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    Feb 13th 2015, 2:54 PM

    Can only think of 2 reasons why it may be “Shyte” 1) Useless Grower 2) Additives to add weight

    No cannabis consumer wants either of the two, they want good quality locally sourced organic cannabis

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    Feb 13th 2015, 3:28 PM

    And I thought music snobs were annoying.

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    Mute Dsl
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    Feb 13th 2015, 7:15 PM

    Under heat lamps and grow with chemicals is organic ! Then Possibly believe e. cigarettes are healthy too ! Ignorant !

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    Mute Tom Red
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    Feb 13th 2015, 11:39 AM

    Thick as bottled shit…

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    Feb 13th 2015, 12:34 PM

    This happen down in Tipperary a few years ago around the time of the big freeze. They were growing cannabis but their roof was the only one that had no snow.

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    Feb 13th 2015, 3:02 PM

    Good way to weed them out! Drugs are for mugs.

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    Feb 13th 2015, 8:27 PM

    thanks, dad.

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    Mute dabuyincojen
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    Feb 13th 2015, 3:01 PM

    Dopes!

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    Feb 13th 2015, 2:35 PM

    Snow use complaining!
    Snow use is bad for you!

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