Laois Cllr Quits Fine Gael Claiming Government Party Leaders Are "Flying High" & Not In Touch On the Ground

Thursday, 4 May 2023 11:31

By Caoimhe Harney

Cllr Aisling Moran won the seat on her first outing in 2019

      Laois Councillor Aisling Moran has quit Fine Gael saying the party is "not looking after the people we're supposed to be looking after."
    
      "When you're flying high, it's very hard to see what's happening on the ground," she said, commenting on her Government Party Colleagues.
    
      The Ballylinan resident spoke about her decision to leave the party on Thursday morning's Kildare Today with Eoin Beatty.
    
      The move has sent shock waves through the local party membership and marks the end of a long era in local politics, as the seat has been in the Moran name for 32 years.

Cllr Moran won the seat on her first outing in 2019, which her father John held for 28 years.

Speaking to Kfm she said increasingly bitter and, at times, acrimonious clashes with members of her own party at council meetings over the past number of years have left her with no option but to break from Fine Gael.

She now intends to continue as an Independent councillor.

Listen back to the full interview with Cllr Aisling Moran here:

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