(Non) Election Fever: Welfare

Due to the rather strange occurance of nobody wanting the job in the first place apparently, we now have news of several people coming out of the woodwork and wanting the job (perhaps everyone was afraid of the mighty Bubbles wanting to run again).

Rumours have been flying since nominations re-opened, with some seeming more likely than others:

DEREK DALY:

A somewhat surprising entry, 4th Business student Derek is thought to have shown a keen interest in running for the job. Will this materialise into a full scale bid for the job?


AOIFE HARNEY:

Thought to be running for president last week, Law And Euro Student Aoife has made a last minute charge for Welfare. Aoife has been seen on campus with her nomination form, and is believed to be well into organising her campaign.


TONY MURPHY:

Tony was thought to be one of the people most likely to run last week (despite any reason to believe that), but it's yet to be seen if his interest in the position still exists (if it ever really did).


MIKE TWOOMEY:

Current Out in UL president Mike was also believed to be running last week. His interest seems to be a lot more concrete this week, as he's been spotted collecting signatures on campus.


DEIRDRE WILSON:

Deirdre, the current First Year Rep is the last of the three candidates thought to have been running last week. However, she ruled herself out before nominations closed last week, and appears to have done so once again.

A.N. OTHER

Several other people have also been rumoured to want the job. For some reason, many of the first year class reps have been expressing an interest in the position, so there is a possibility we may see a few fresh faces in the final mix-up. Then again, the allure of their first ever RAG week may end up distracting them for now.


There's been rumblings of other students too, so it'll be interesting to see who actually is going to enter into the second round of elections this semester.