Fianna Fáil hoping to capitalise on anti-pylon vote

Fianna Fáil is hoping to sweep up anti-pylon and anti-wind turbine rural votes in Cork, Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford by putting forward an outspoken anti-pylon campaigner in the European elections.

Kieran Hartley, a Waterford-based father of two, of Comeragh against Pylons, is to go forward for selection at the party’s convention at Clonmel this Sunday.

Also going forward for selection is sitting MEP Brian Crowley, a massive vote-getter; and Adrian O’Higgins from Kilkenny, a Fianna Fáil researcher.