Shoe leather to be tested as Bertie delivers election strategy

Party candidates are being licked into shape, reports Political Correspondent Fionnán Sheahan.

The unofficial Fianna Fáil slogan for the forthcoming local elections is ‘knock on doors’, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern told party members at the weekend.

Advocating that candidates basically get out and wear down shoe leather on the high roads and byroads over the next three-and-a-half months, Mr Ahern claimed the FF cumann and organisation is a part of every community in the country.