On the EU election trail from Bray Head to Slea Head

Ireland South is a vast constituency that covers 12 counties, and candidates have been chewing up the miles in their efforts to win the seat vacated by former MEP Brian Crowley

Fine Gael’s Deirdre Clune canvassing for the European elections in Kinsale

By the time this election campaign comes to an end, Malcolm Byrne reckons his car won’t have much resale value. “Over the last six months I’ve clocked 30,000 to 35,000 kilometres,” the Fianna Fáil European election candidate for Ireland South said. “Even with the divide we have in place, there is a huge area we have to try and cover.”

Ireland South stretches over 350km from the Dingle peninsula north-east to Bray in ...