Defeated Westminster candidate Michelle Gildernew will remain a Sinn Fein activist and has no plans on saying goodbye to politics just yet.
ANALYSIS: Gildernew loss part of bigger picture as parties struggle to ‘get the vote out’
Getting the vote out isn’t the dead cert that it used to be and Maurice Kennedy reckons the parties will need to shape up quickly if they’re to stay in touch with young people incresingly turned off tribal politics…
Updated: Tom Elliott unseats Michelle Gildernew
Agreed unionist Tom Elliott has succeeded in his bid to unseat Sinn Fein candidate Michelle Gildernew.
Two minutes to make up your mind…
For all the floating voters in Fermanagh each of the candidates spell out in two minutes why they should get your vote.
Gildernew dismisses Unionist rival as a ‘dinosaur’
MICHELLE Gildernew has labelled agreed unionist candidate Tom Elliott a “dinosaur” and “desperate” following comments he made during an unionist rally in which he accused the Sinn Fein MP of doing nothing for Fermanagh. The UUP candidate was speaking at the rally in Kesh which was attended by DUP Minster, Arlene Foster and chaired by […]
Mairia Cahill calls Gildernew “insulting” over abuse comments
An alleged IRA rape victim and former friend of Michelle Gildernew has launched a scathing attack against the MP
Gildernew warns Orange Order getting the vote out for Elliott
MICHELLE GILDERNEW is warning voters that every last vote counts and claims the turnout within unionism will be higher in this year’s general election because, she claims, the Orange Order is playing a key role in mobilising support for her main rival, the UUP’s Tom Elliott.
I’m no Tory: Elliott hits back at Sinn Fein’s ‘personal campaign’
UUP ELECTION candidate Tom Elliott has said Sinn Fein are threatened by the strength of the unionist challenge and have embarked upon a negative campaign against him.
Gildernew insists ‘never say never’ comments were ‘taken out of context’
LOCAL MP Michelle Gildernew, who last week hinted at a change in Sinn Fein’s opposition to taking their seats in Westminster when she quipped ‘never say never’, has this week claimed that the Herald quoted her out of context. She said she was a “never say never” type of person.