Gilmore keeping eye on Dun Laoghaire constituency while attending international appointments

Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore is keeping a keen eye on his own constituency while flying around the world as foreign affairs minister.

A copy of his ministerial diary shows that he has fitted in Labour constituency meetings along with phone calls to UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon and meetings with US First Lady Michelle Obama last year.

In the past year, Gilmore scheduled 49 meetings with party officials, members and voters in his ...