Former Irish Times columnist John Waters is to contest the European Parliament elections as an independent candidate in this constituency of Midlands-North-West
In recent years, Mr Waters was a prominent campaigner against the Government's Covid restrictions.
He was an unsuccessful independent candidate in the 2020 Irish general election for Dún Laoghaire constituency
In 2022, a challenge by 69 year-old Mr Waters and Gemma O'Doherty to the constitutionality of Covid-19 legislation was dismissed by the Supreme Court.
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In a statement, Roscommon native Mr Waters said his core values are life, family and community.
