Former Leitrim Senator accuses Fine Gael of ‘turning it’s back on Leitrim’

The economic development of Leitrim is being put at risk by the absence of adequate political representation at government level. That is the warnings that has been sounded by the former north Leitrim Senator and General Election candidate, Michael Comiskey. The Fine Gael party member fears it will be unlikely that there will be a Leitrim based candidate contesting the next General Election for the party in Leitrim. He claims Fine Gael has given up on winning a seat with a Leitrim candidate in General Election’s The former elected representative fears this is a worrying trend and says Simon Harris should have appointed a Leitrim Senator last week.