Childers name a plus for Labour as FG targets surplus pull-up

AS ONE older voter put it to Nessa Childers, who is campaigning to win a seat for Labour in the East constituency: “Right party, right name, right time.”

Having a famous father, even if he was Fianna Fáil (FF), is standing her in good stead. A member of the Labour Party after a brief foray with the Greens means she is not part of the Government now, which is important at a time when the voters want to see FF hanging from the lamp-posts.

But will it be enough to win her a seat in the constituency that is shared between a huge agricultural base, and the Dublin urban ring? It is now made up of nine counties, having lost Longford and Westmeath to the North West constituency.