April 12, 2007
Watch Martin Kenny's Election Vlog.
Councillor Martin Kenny is the Sinn Féin General Election candidate for Roscommon/South Leitrim and lives in Aughavas with his wife Helen and their four children. Martin was co-opted to Leitrim County Council in November 2003 and was re-elected topping the poll in Ballinamore Electoral Area in 2004.
Martin is a well known political activist and member of Sinn Féin's ruling body, the Ard Comhairle.
He has extensive experience of working within the community-voluntary sector having spent three years working with a Republican ex-prisoner group, Lá Nua, in Ballinamore.
Martin has travelled extensively and engaged with groups from conflict torn countries such as Palestine and South Africa, in an effort to develop conflict resolution processes.
One of Martin's main objectives is to encourage people to empower themselves to effect positive change in their lives and society in general and he works to facilitate that process.