Elderly couple target of postal vote ‘scam’

GARDAÍ in Kerry have confirmed that they are aware of allegations that an elderly couple were approached at their home by a woman giving the impression that she was calling in an official capacity to collect their general election postal ballots.

They claimed the woman named one candidate in the Kerry South constituency and asked them who they would be supporting in the election.

Pat O’Mahony, aged 87 from Lisanore, Castleisland, lives with his elderly wife, Nora, at a rural house close to the recently opened multimillion euro bypass in the area.