European Elections Townhall meeting coming up for voters resident in Mayo

The European Election will take place in only about three weeks. Voters in Mayo will be asked to vote for the five Members of the European Parliament alongside with the local election on June 7. Nearly 450 million citizens across Europe will go to the polls from June 6 to 9.

Galway City will host the European Elections Ireland Midlands Northwest Town Hall tomorrow, on Thursday 16 May. The event will take place in the Galmont Hotel, organised by the European Movement Ireland, in co-operation with the European Parliament Liaison Office in Ireland.

Voters in county Mayo will decide on the five MEPs for the Midlands Northwest constituency.

The panel discussion will be moderated by Oireachtas TV’s Flor MacCarthy, and will feature Dr. Brendan Flynn, Head of Discipline Political Science at the School of Political Science & Sociology, University of Galway, Karen Coleman, Editor of EU News Radio (Ireland), and Máirín Ní Ghadhra, TG4 and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.

Speaking ahead of the event, Noelle O Connell, CEO European Movement Ireland said: “The constituency of Midlands-North-West is vast. The upcoming Town Hall presents an opportunity to engage with MEP candidates, learn about the issues dominating the campaign and discuss the importance of the upcoming elections,”

The panel will discuss topics such as the role of the European Elections, the impact of the European Parliament in our daily lives, and the role of voters in shaping our future. The panel discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A session with MEP candidates and audience members.

European Movement Ireland and Amárach Research Island of Ireland EU poll recently revealed that a large majority 88% agree that it is important to vote in the upcoming European Parliament elections. This event is part of European Movement Ireland’s Can Vote, Will Vote campaign, which aims to increase voter participation. Turn-out in the 2019 EU elections in Ireland was 49.7%, a drop in comparison to the 2014 turnout of 52.44%, and lower than the European average of 50.66%.

As part of this campaign, EM Ireland have launched the European Elections Information Hub, the go-to website for non-partisan information on the EU elections. The Can Vote, Will Vote campaign is co-funded by the European Union and developed as part of the European Parliament’s Together.eu campaign.

 European Movement Ireland will also host an EU Election Town Hall in the Dublin constituency on Thursday 30 May. For more information and to register for the EU Elections Midlands North- West Town Hall visit: https://www.europeanmovement.ie/eu-elections-town-hall-ireland-midlands-north-west-constituency/