Elaine Houlihan has been inaugurated a subsequent Macra na Feirme Munster vice-president, violence unbending foe from Áine McCarthy.
The sum check expel for Munster vice-president was 62, of that Houlihan cumulative a majority, with 42 votes expel in her name.
She is now a chairperson of Limerick Macra and her home bar is Kilmallock Macra.
Although she is a competent physiotherapist, Houlihan now works for a internal TD in Co. Limerick.
She is a former chairperson of her club, Kilmallock Macra, and also sits on a Macra na Feirme National Competitions Committee.
Announcing her candidacy in February, Houlihan pronounced that her categorical aim is to reboot clubs with a vital concentration on their members, noting: “Macra clubs opposite a county are member-led and member-run and [a] one-fix all resolution doesn’t work for all clubs.”
The other informal vice-presidential races – Leinster vice-president and north-west vice-president – were uncontested and featured one claimant each.
At a count today, stream Macra boss Thomas Duffy reliable that those possibilities have been deemed inaugurated to a particular positions.
This means that Claire Gough will be a Leinster vice-president and Luna Orofiamma will be a north-west vice-president.
Presidential election
Also today, John Keane was elected as a association’s subsequent president, defeating Daniel Long in today’s count for that race.
Keane, of Devil’s Bit Macra in north Tipperary, will take adult a reins as boss of a organization during a Macra AGM subsequent month.
He will take over from Duffy, who comes to a finish of his two-year tenure as president, carrying taken over a purpose in May 2019.
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