Female candidate has 'no hope' of winning seat, says Longford rival for Fianna Fáil nomination

Members of Fianna Fáil's Longford branch are to hold a meeting tomorrow to choose a candidate for the General Election, amid a row over the imposition of a female representative.

An official convention was due to take place in October, but a directive came from party headquarters that Connie Gerety-Quinn should be selected as the Longford-Westmeath candidate over Cllr Seamus Butler and Pat O'Rourke, without a vote.