Miracle man Quinn will be hard-pressed to make up numbers

THE Labour Party needs to overcome a near impossible numbers game to fulfil its ambition to be the largest party in the next Dáil.

It has now appointed former finance minister Ruairi Quinn to try and get the sums to add up.

His task will be to take just 65 candidates and deliver more than 50 seats in 43 constituencies. Fine Gael will be running more than 100 hopefuls.