Tipperary’s latest Seanad appointee says she is determined to work on the issues raised during the local and general elections.
Imelda Goldsboro was one of the Taoiseach’s nominees to the Upper House of the Oireachtas.
The Fianna Fáil representative had successfully contested the local elections last year and just missed out on the final seat in Tipperary South in the general election.
Housing, means testing for Carers and autism were among the many issues raised on the campaign trail.
On Tipp Today earlier Senator Goldsboro says her election gives South Tipp another voice at Oireachtas level.
“There’s a lot of our villages, there’s a lot of the rural areas that need attention and there’s a lot of issues that people have. So to be able to raise those in the Seanad, to be able to speak directly and have access to the Ministers, to have Parliamentary questions raised on my behalf and to be able to get direct answers from the different Ministers is of utmost importance for me.”
