Front two taking nothing for granted

THE two candidates most likely to take the first two seats in the Euro South contest were taking nothing for granted on the campaign trail yesterday.

Complacency was not a word that either Fine Gael's Simon Coveney or Fianna Fail's poll-topper Brian Crowley would entertain as they made a final push for votes on the hustings.

The polls may have tipped Simon Coveney to take the second seat but the Fine Gael candidate was taking no notice of them. Memories of the 2002 general election when he almost lost his seat his Dáil in Cork South central are still too fresh.