‘Maverick’ Mattie passes doorstep challenge in Tipp

“I TOLD Mattie six months ago that if he was going to stay in Fianna Fáil, I wouldn’t be voting for him.”

Lifelong Fianna Fáil supporter Eileen Bell gets to the root of the task facing her former party of choice as she speaks to newly independent TD Mattie McGrath on a canvas of the streets of Clonmel.

Until a few weeks ago, Mattie was a lifelong Fianna Fáil supporter himself.