Election special : Constituency redraw takes a toll on battleworn candidates

Labour's Lorraine Higgins has climbed Croagh Patrick as part of her campaign.

Independent MEP Marian Harkin is seeking to be re-elected.

Constituency: Midlands-Northwest

**Seats:** four

**Population:** 1,637,104

Labour’s Lorraine Higgins has climbed Croagh Patrick as part of her campaign. And it will indeed be an uphill battle for her to win a seat. But she said that she was taking solace from previous candidates like Michael D Higgins, who was not always in pole position during the presidential election race.

“It hasn’t changed my tack, it hasn’t changed my electoral strategy. I’m out there ...