Aindrias Moynihan is focusing on face to face, not gimmickry

His constituency may border that of the Healy-Raes, but it’s chalk and cheese when it comes to canvassing tactics.

“Instead of gimmickry I focus on face-to-face campaigns,” said councillor Aindrias Moynihan (FF) as he emerged from his constituency office in Ballincollig.

It’s a town he knows he has to do well in to have a chance of grabbing a second seat for his party in Cork North-West. To bolster the local canvass he’s brought in the big-hitting Michael McGrath TD who believes there’s a real chance FF can pull that off. “Ballincollig is where that will be won or lost. We’ve done traditionally well in the town, especially when Batt O’Keeffe was to the fore,” he said.