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07 Sept 2025

The 16 Mayo candidates: Profiles on all General Election contestants

Seán Forkin (Independent)

FROM: Cloontia, Charlestown
OCCUPATION: Electrician/Farmer
ELECTION CHANCES: Forkin is actually running in his fourth General Election. He polled 29 votes in 2011; 42 votes in 2016 and 59 votes in 2020. He has also run in several local elections but has failed to have an impact and is unlikely to have any major say on where the seats go in Mayo on November 29.

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