VotingRights.ie Executive Board Member Hilary Beirne is running for the Seanad as a candidate in the National University of Ireland (NUI) constituency. Hilary is a Roscommon native living in New York.
An educator by profession, Hilary is also the founding Chairman of the NYC St Patrick’s Day Foundation, an honorary member of the famed “Fighting 69th” (Fighting Irish) Regiment in New York; member of the Irish Ad Hoc Committee to Protect the Good Friday Agreement in Washington; Board member of the 69th Historical Trust; and a member of both the Roscommon and Leitrim Societies of New York.
As the Irish Echo reports this week, “Hilary Beirne wants votes from those who can vote. He is standing for the Irish Senate in part to secure voting rights for those who can’t vote.”
As he describes himself:
“I am an educator, former agricultural adviser who introduced the wrapping of the build silage in the West of Ireland, and one of the organizers of NYC St Patrick’s Day Parade. My campaign revolves around improving U.S. Irish relations, advocating for NUI graduates and Irish Citizens at home and abroad.
Among Hilary’s priorities are:
* Advocate for additional resources for NUI universities and education in general
* Seek reciprocal agreements with countries and universities abroad for graduates
* Advocate for the 1 million Irish born nationals (20% of Ireland’s population) who live abroad and have no representative in Ireland.
* Actually represent NUI graduates in the Seanad.
Hilary has launched a GoFundMe to fund his campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-elect-hilary-thomas-beirne-to-the-seanad
For more information, visit his website at hilarybeirne.ie, and follow his page on Facebook.
Hilary has received a lot of positive press coverage. Among the articles:
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