Longford Fianna Fáil row over candidate selection

Longford Fianna Fáil members have taken a last minute decision not to nominate their preferred election candidate.

Party members gathered last night to vote on their own candidate after a diktat from headquarters denied them a vote by ruling the only female running be automatically selected.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said regardless of local members’ views, the candidates for Longford-Westmeath have already been decided and no