FF adds Crowe to election ticket

FIANNA FÁIL yesterday moved to bring an end to a bitter row over selection policy in Galway West by announcing Councillor Michael Crowe would be the party’s third candidate in the general election next year.

Mr Crowe, from Bohermore in Galway City, was an independent until this year but joined Fianna Fáil in the expectation that he would be added to the party ticket alongside TDs Eamon Ó Cuiv and Frank Fahey.

He joined weeks after the party’s selection convention was abandoned amid acrimony over the number of candidates to be selected. Party headquarters had insisted on a three-candidate strategy against the wishes of some local delegates.