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New mum runs in local elections with 8 week old baby

The local elections are on Friday, campaigners have been knocking on your door but how hard is it...

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20.31 22 May 2019

New mum runs in local elections with 8 week old baby

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The Hard Shoulder

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20.31 22 May 2019

The local elections are on Friday, campaigners have been knocking on your door but how hard is it canvassing with a new born baby?

Meet young mum Eva Elizabeth Dowling and her 8 week old baby girl Nova running for a Green party council seat for the first time in the Stillorgan ward of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown.

Henry McKean met them on the canvass at Stillorgan Shopping Centre and knocked on some doors nearby.

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