WITH prescience borne from years of political experience, PR adviser Terry Prone remarked in a newspaper column yesterday that only one thing could halt the march of Fine Gael and Labour towards impressive election results this Friday.

FIANNA Fáil is at real risk of losing its European Parliament seat in Dublin in what would be a devastating personal blow to Taoiseach Brian Cowen.

ORGANISING the armies, positioning foot-soldiers and deciding who is deployed to which battleground will keep much put-upon directors of elections sleepless for the next week.

OPPONENTS to the Lisbon Treaty have softened their position in the last three months amidst the ongoing economic turmoil.

POLICIES that must be promoted at European Union level to protect the incomes of farm families will be identified by the Irish Farmers Association at a series of public meetings next week.

TWO of Fianna Fáil’s European election candidates sought to distance themselves from Government health policy yesterday in a bid to placate angry voters in their constituency.

Libertas chairman Declan Ganley confirmed tonight that he will fight the European Elections in the North West constituency.

Libertas Chairman Declan Ganley will tonight confirm that he is to stand as a candidate in the European Elections in the constituency of Ireland North West.

Six candidates are within two percentage points of each other for three European Parliament seats in the Ireland North West constituency.

The counting of votes in the local and European elections is continuing around the country.