FF scraps interviews for election candidates

FIANNA Fáil has scrapped its controversial interview system for Clare election candidates, party leader Micheál Martin has confirmed.

He admitted the system had cost them two council seats in Clare in the 2009 local elections.

Michael Begley from Clonlara, a former Fianna Fáil councillor, and PJ Ryan from Sixmilebridge failed to get a party nomination in the last local elections after going through the interview process.