Norris hires expert for Áras race

PRESIDENTIAL hopeful David Norris has hired a communications expert who helped get Kathy Sinnot elected to the Dáil and Sean Kelly elected an MEP to help him win the race to the Áras.

David McCarthy of McCarthy Consulting, a Cork-based communications company, has been appointed the regional director of the David Norris for President Campaign.

While nominations for the presidency don’t close until November 2011, McCarthy said Norris will hit the campaign trail early next year.