Spooked politicians get campaign ready
Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy is being lined up as Fine Gael’s director of elections
Although the resignation of Frances Fitzgerald as tánaiste averted a pre-Christmas poll, all parties are now on high alert for a general election in the new year and have begun to finalise their plans, with Fine Gael on target to have most of its Dáil candidates selected by early February.
Fine Gael selected candidates in nearly half of the country’s 40 constituencies last week but postponed scheduled conventions in the rest of the ...
