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