Soldiers of Destiny deploy military gear for poll battle

Armoured cars and tanks and guns... here the Fianna Fáil warwagon comes.

There’s something militaristic stirring among the aptly named ‘Soldiers of Destiny’ candidates in the Rebel county.

One hopeful has referenced ‘boots on the ground’ in his election literature — the term used to describe the deployment of US troops on the desert sands of Iraq and Afghanistan.