EU Elections Constituency Profile - Midland North-West: No shortage of choice as 27 candidates vie for five seats

Fianna Fáil's three-candidate strategy here in the upcoming European election may falter, especially as it faces pressure from some new Independent candidates, writes Tadgh McNally

Former champion jockey and 'Dancing with the Stars' champion Nina Carberry is the latest celebrity candidate to be brought into the fold by Fine Gael. Picture: INPHO/Tom Maher

It would be fair to describe the Midlands North-West constituency as a Frankenstein’s monster of an electoral area in the upcoming European elections.

Stretching from the most northern part of the country at Malin Head, all the way down to the peatlands of Offaly, while spanning Carlingford Lough out to Galway Bay.