Candidate for Europe Mary Fitzpatrick - Negotiating a political obstacle course

For anyone wanting to design a political obstacle course, the route chosen by Mary Fitzpatrick makes a good template.Mary Fitzpatrick, Fianna Fáil candidate for Europe, canvassing in Raheny, Dublin. Pic: Maxpics

“I’m up against a sitting MEP, a Government minister and a party leader — and there are only three seats,” says the Fianna Fáil candidate for Europe in the Dublin constituency.

She also has to contend with the fact that her party was run out of the city at the last general election, not to mention the middle ear infection that’s making her feel a little off balance.