Roche bids to keep politics in the family

POLITICS is never off the agenda in the Roche home. It’s an unavoidable subject, day or night.

With the local elections just days away, Eleanor Roche is bidding for the County Council seat her husband TD Dick Roche had to vacate because of the dual mandate ruling and there's time for little else.

"I'm running for Fianna Fáil for both Wicklow County Council and Greystones Town Council. The campaign is going quite well. People have been very courteous and the welcome on the doorstep has been great.