Canney’s portfolio tops Dáil Register of Interests for Galway

Outgoing Minister of State for Rural and Community Development and Galway East TD Sean Canney maintains a portfolio of residential and retail property according to the Dáil Register of Members’ Interests for 2019, which has just been published.

The Independent TD owns a house in the Village, Wellpark in Galway, which is rented out and also owns as well as two houses at The Mall in Tuam and three apartments at St Jarlath’s Place, Bishop Street in Tuam. He is also a partner in The Galway Partnership, along with Sean Rhatigan and Gerry Kelly of JJ Rhatigan & Co, which owns a retail property for the purposes of renting.

Deputy Canney was previously a director of Rhatigans for more than 20 years and is a qualified quantity surveyor and GMIT lecturer.

Ciarán Cannon, the outgoing Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development, owns 50% of a holiday home in the small village of Banyuls-dels-Aspres in the Languedoc-Rousillon region in the south of France.

The Fine Gael TD is also listed as an executive director of Gate Lodge Properties Ltd in Carrabane, Athenry (which operates the Gate Lodge pub and Village theatre) and the voluntary Carrabane Community Development Company Ltd.

Galway East TD Anne Rabbitte (Fianna Fáil) has not listed any occupation, shares or land on the register.

Read the full register of interests for Galway’s Oireachtas members in this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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