With the Local elections scheduled for the 24th May 2019, the County Carlow Chamber worked to engage with and challenge the candidates looking for votes across the three municipal districts.

Hustings were organised for Muine Bheag Municipal District (9th May), Tullow Municipal District (14th May) and Carlow Municipal District (16th May).  In each instance, invitations were sent to all candidates.  The invitations advised that all candidates would be allocated time to present their visions before we continue into a forum examining several topics including taking questions from members and guests.

County Carlow Chamber of Commerce is the voice of business in County Carlow and lobbies locally and nationally representing the views of its members to Local Government, National Government and the European Union.  As an independent organisation, the Chamber is not restricted in its ability to lobby and challenge. The Chamber has and will continue to engage with our locally elected officials as issues and challenges need to be addressed and it is important for us to know that the individuals who are elected to represent the businesses, communities and people of Carlow have:

• A vision for what they want to achieve
• Clear objectives
• The skills, understanding and knowledge to deliver
• The ability to ask the tough questions and challenge the system

And importantly we need to know that they will not disappear into the background for the next 5 years, only to re-emerge when the next local election is scheduled.