‘Safe seats’ visited on quiet day for Adams

BETWEEN the excitement over Belfast and the Boyne this week, Sinn Féin could be excused of welcoming a quiet day on the campaign trail. So why not Ballyfermot?

The presence of Gerry Adams in the party’s heartlands usually generates some excitement among the local community but even the Sinn Féin president experienced the slightly subdued atmosphere that has been reported on the hustings by all political activists during the current campaign yesterday.

Day 12 found Adams on a tour of constituencies in south Dublin in what could now be regarded as two of the party’s safest seats.