Finlay seeks nomination for presidency

LEADING children’s rights campaigner Fergus Finlay has written to the Labour Party seeking its nomination to run for the presidency.

In the letter, Barnardos chief executive Mr Finlay acknowledges it is early to be declaring, given that President Mary McAleese’s term does not finish until November 2011.

But he expresses the hope that his early expression of interest will kick-start a “vigorous” debate in the party about the issue.