Survey predicts serious blow for FF

A POLL carried out in the Cork South West constituency shows Fianna Fáil support in the region has nose-dived from 42.5% at the last election to a current low of 19%.

The internal poll carried out by Fine Gael shows Labour’s Senator Michael McCarthy at 20% was likely to win the third seat in the three-seater constituency and that the two Fianna Fáil candidates, Senator Denis O’Donovan and outgoing TD Christy O’Sullivan, will lose.

Fine Gael sources said that with proper vote management they should be guaranteed to retain two seats. However, who the successful FG candidates will be is a matter of conjecture.