The Bull and the Dolly to scrap it out in close affair

THE BULL is struggling and the Dolly won’t make it to the starting line. The mighty have not quite fallen yet but they are fighting for their political lives.

The Bull and the Dolly to scrap it out in close affair
Thu, 17 Feb, 2011 - 00:00
Mary Regan,  Political Reporter

John O’Donoghue is at serious risk of losing his seat in Kerry South and with it, Fianna Fáil’s 85-year dominance in the constituency.

Michael “Dolly” Healy Rae could fail to inherit the dynastic Dáil seat graced by his father Jackie — the pothole fixer extraordinaire and once-mighty political force of The Kingdom.

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