Meanwhile, unhappiness at continued severe controls on hospitality has been voiced at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting. If not, he would have to reflect on what action can be taken within the parliamentary party, Mr MacSharry said. The Fine Gael leader mentioned the possibility of a fourth wave on a number of occasions at the private Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting and said the country needed to get through another winter. Director of elections, Higher Education Minister Simon Harris, said the Fine Gael message on the doorsteps should be to warn of the possibility of there being two Sinn Féin TDs in the constituency and no Fine Gael representative. Mr Harris told the meeting that internal Fine Gael constituency analysis suggests it could be a battle between Fine Gael and Sinn Féin for the Dáil seat in Dublin Bay South.

Source: Irish Independent May 26, 2021 20:26 UTC