Electing Fine Gael
Leo Varadkar is riding a wave of personal popularity, but the party must take no chances when it comes to its wider election strategy
Fine Gael has spent much of 2018 planning for a general election it was almost bounced into last Christmas, when a political crisis over the position of Frances Fitzgerald only subsided when she resigned as tánaiste.
“December was a big wake-up call,” said one party insider recently. “We weren’t ready to go and since then everyone is on heightened state of preparedness.” Fine Gael has now completed all but two of its selection ...