{"id":2981,"date":"2018-09-03T19:57:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T00:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2981"},"modified":"2018-09-04T09:58:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T14:58:46","slug":"cork-city-council-nominates-senator-joan-freeman-as-presidential-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2981","title":{"rendered":"Cork City Council Nominates Senator Joan Freeman As Presidential Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JoanFreemanPietaHouseMay2014_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JoanFreemanPietaHouseMay2014_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/JoanFreemanPietaHouseMay2014_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Independent senator Joan Freeman has been nominated by Cork City Council to contest this year&#8217;s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The council&#8217;s resolution is to be ratified at the next full meeting of the council.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Freeman, who is a psychologist, mental health activist and independent politician, was nominated with 14 votes with 11 abstentions.<\/p>\n<p>Freeman is the founder of Pieta House, a suicide intervention charity based in Dublin. Since 2006, Pieta House has established twelve additional centres across Ireland and has provided free therapeutic services to over 30,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Cork City Council also heard submissions from businessman Gavin Duffy, journalist Gemma O&#8217;Doherty, actress Sarah-Louise Mulligan, farmer John Groarke and musician and lecturer, James Smyth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2981\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2981&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2981\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2981&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-2981\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2981&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=2981\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent senator Joan Freeman has been nominated by Cork City Council to contest this year&#8217;s presidential election. The council&#8217;s resolution is to be ratified at the next full meeting of the council. 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