POOR, confused, rudderless Fine Gael.

OPPOSITION leader Enda Kenny last night expressed “full confidence” in a high-profile Fine Gael Dáil candidate who called for hard drugs to be decriminalised and for returning Irish missionaries to be tested for HIV.

Labour takes another step in forming the next government today when it recruits a new candidate to reclaim a traditional party stronghold.

The founder of the multi-million O’Brien’s Sandwich Bars business today said he would strive to bring back traditional family values into society if he won a Fine Gael Dáil seat.

“I’VE lost my Dáil seat” a Fianna Fáil deputy told me last Monday morning.

Dublin couples have to wait four years for an assessment to adopt children from other countries while those in Donegal only have to wait three months, said Fine Gael Dail candidate, Councillor Catherine Byrne.

Ray Burke has apologised to the Flood Tribunal for misleading the Dail in 1997.