FF strategy guru Mara bids to ease constituency feud

FIANNA Fáil’s election guru PJ Mara travelled to Cork South West last night to reassure disgruntled local members about election strategy in the constituency.

There is palpable resentment among some Fianna Fáil activists in Cork South West after party headquarters decided not to hold a convention in January and instead selected sitting TD Denis O’Donovan and independent councillor Christy O’Sullivan, who left Fianna Fáil in the 1990s.

Supporters of another aspiring candidate, Cllr Alan Coleman, felt Cllr O’Sullivan was imposed on the party and that the decision had been undemocratic.