Politics online: TDs still count on personal touch to engage with voters

Although the vast majority of TDs have embraced social media, a small cohort still believe knocking on doors and pressing palms is the way to secure a Dáil seat.

Labour’s Willie Penrose is one of the members of Leinster House who declares himself a “Luddite”.

“I am a traditionalist and, if the people want, they can telephone me or they can fax me or write to me and that’s good enough,” he said. “People send me emails but I don’t even know how to get them, but my secretary does.