Kerry councillor Michael Cahill set to rejoin Fianna Fáil fold

The Kerry independent councillor, Michael Cahill, who represents South and West Kerry, and who had left Fianna Fáil in 2011, is to formally rejoin the party on Monday, it is understood.

The move is seen as groundwork by party leader Micheál Martin for the next general election in a county where the party once held two seats. It lost both in 2009.

Meetings have taken place between 50-year-old councillor Cahill and the Fianna Fáil leader, as well as the TD John Brassil who regained a seat for Fianna Fáil in February, in the new five-seater constituency of Kerry.