FF denies claims of bid to remove Healy-Rae voters from electoral register

FIANNA FÁIL chiefs in Kerry yesterday strongly denied a claim the party had attempted to remove names of people that vote for Independent TD Jackie Healy-Rae from the register of electors in Healy-Rae’s native Kilgarvan.

A row has flared up between the Healy-Rae camp and Fianna Fáil, with Cllr Danny Healy-Rae, a son of the deputy, claiming a request to take more than 30 voters from their local register was politically motivated. “Fianna Fáil doesn’t stand for much at the moment if it has to try to take some of our voters off the register,” he said.

The submission for the amendment was signed by Kerry mayor and FF councillor Ted Fitzgerald at the behest of FF candidate in Kerry South, Tom Fleming.