Die-hard campaigner takes his support for Michael Healy-Rae all way to the grave

As the saying goes, there are no dead certainties in politics. Well, maybe one.

Die-hard campaigner takes his support for Michael Healy-Rae all way to the grave

At a funeral in the Healy- Rae dynasty’s heartland in recent days, one long-standing campaigner showed his die-hard support for the controversial Kerry family by taking the election race all the way to the grave.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner in a wide-ranging interview on the campaign and his family’s high-profile ‘Kerry first, country second’ focus, Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae said even the untimely passing of an elderly friend and long-time canvasser didn’t stop the quest for votes to take him back to the Dáil.

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