McGuinness enters tight, three-way FG race for Dáil seat

FINE Gael was last night facing a bruising election battle in Louth as MEP Máiréad McGuinness moved to contest the Dáil seat for the party.

McGuinness enters tight, three-way FG race for Dáil seat

The Ireland East Euro MP was expected to formally announce her candidature today, triggering a tight three-way FG fight in the constituency.

She will face incumbent TDs Fergus O’Dowd from her own party as well as Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern, Fianna Fáil’s Seamus Kirk and Sinn Féin’s Arthur Morgan.

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