Fine Gael targets second seat in East

Ann Cahill, Europe Correspondent

With their share of the vote at around 31% this time, according to the Irish Examiner/Prime Time poll, not even Fianna Fáil is suggesting it can take a second seat this time.

The closest Labour came to taking a seat in this constituency was in the 1994 election when Jim Fitzsimons (FF) needed a recount to take the last of the four seats from Labour's Michael Bell by just 10 votes.