Former independent to fight by-election for Labour

INDEPENDENT Meath Councillor Dominic Hannigan has joined the Labour Party and is expected to seek a nomination to contest March’s by-election.

Mr Hannigan, an engineer and planner, took 900 first preference votes in June’s local elections in the Slane electoral area.

Mr Hannigan, whose application was unanimously endorsed at a meeting of the Labour Party’s Meath Constituency Council last week, said he was always close to Labour’s policies.