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Former West Clare local election candidate, Mike Taylor, faces possible expulsion from the Fine Gael Party after breaking party rules. Mr Taylor, who received 473 votes in the 2019 local elections in Kilrush, has been pictured canvassing for Kate O’Connell in the Dublin South Constituency in recent days. According to Fine Gael rules, no member of the party is allowed to canvass for a non-member of the Fine Gael Party in an election. Ms O’Connell, a former Fine Gael TD, is running in Dublin as an Independent after reportedly falling out with the party leadership. She was a vocal supporter of Simon Coveney in the 2017 leadership campaign which was won by Leo Varadkar. In a letter, seen by The Clare Champion, an unnamed member of the Fine Gael party has made an official complaint against Mr Taylor for breaking Part 1, section 2 of the Fine Gael constitution by canvassing for a non-party member. The letter states that “I …

JUST 20 years of age, Mike Taylor is likely to be the youngest candidate in Clare for the 2019 Local Elections. The Kilkee man may also be the first openly gay man to run for election in Clare. In his final year studying for a BA in Law and Sociology and Politics at NUI Galway, Mr Taylor said he got involved in Fine Gael while still a child. “It goes back to 2011; I was about 12. My mam was involved with some sort of footpath issue or something like that. She called Pat Breen and he got the issue sorted. The election came around and mam was asked to go and canvass. She said ‘I won’t canvass but I know somebody who will’. I dropped some leaflets that day and I’ve been hooked ever since.” Very involved in the campaign for yes votes in the abortion and same sex marriage referendums, he said that he never experienced any real …