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BREAKING: Tipperary vote postponed following death of candidate

BREAKING: Tipperary vote postponed following death of candidate

Voters will not be going to the polls in Tipperary this Saturday as planned.

It follows the death election candidate Marese Skehan unexpectedly today.

She was campaigning as an Independent voice for the five-seat constituency.

Ms. Skehan was found dead at her home.

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Gardai say they are not treating her death as suspicious.

Nominations will now reopen, which will postpone the Tipperary vote for at least a week.

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