Jan O’Sullivan fights Labour’s toughest campaign

Most pundits say Sinn Féin will take a seat in Limerick. But Jan O’Sullivan is taking the predictions of impending doom for Labour with the proverbial grain of salt.

As she strode through Greenfields, Rosbrien, on an afternoon canvass, Ms O’Sullivan remarked: “In 1998 when I contested the by-election after the death of Jim Kemmy, nobody gave me a chance at the start of the campaign and I headed the poll.

“So I have been battling ever since. It’s never easy to win the left seat in Limerick. There is a strong left-wing presence in Limerick and to hold this seat is really, really important. I am very conscious of the history and long legacy of that seat and so I am fighting tooth and nail to hold it.”