No shortage of canvassers for parties

THE Labour party and Fine Gael are reporting a surge in people interested in canvassing with election candidates in Cork, while Fianna Fáil claims Micheál Martin’s elevation to leadership is warming the reception they receive on doorsteps.

Rumours had been abounding that the number of Fianna Fáil canvassing teams across the city and county had dropped significantly compared to the 2007 election. However, Fianna Fáil last night said that they “weren’t short of bodies”.

Michael McGrath says he doesn’t “believe in going out in huge numbers” and that family, friends, and party activists were all coming out with him as well as leafleting and putting up posters.