TDs secure places on FF ticket

TWO sitting Fianna Fáil TDs were last night automatically selected to run for the party in the Meath West constituency in the next general election after a third candidate withdrew his nomination.

Communications Minister Noel Dempsey and Deputy Johnny Brady secured the nomination for the two places on the Fianna Fáil ticket at the selection convention in the Headfort Arms Hotel in Kells.

This was after local Fianna Fáil councillor Shane Cassells withdrew from the selection process before a vote was taken on the candidates for this new three-seater constituency