Fine Gael and Labour join forces on the hustings

FINE GAEL and Labour moved closer to an eventual general election pact yesterday when the two parties decided to canvass together in Kildare.

FG leader Enda Kenny and Labour leader Pat Rabbitte joined Darren Scully and Paddy McNamara, their respective candidates for Friday’s North Kildare by-election, at a brief joint canvass at the Tesco shopping centre in Maynooth.

They did so to promote the vote-transfer pact they had agreed in February for both this by-election and a second one in Meath, which also takes place on Friday. The pact concerns transfers only, and does not mean the parties agree on all policy issues.