Fianna Fáil expected to be split over nomination for PresidentFIANNA Fáil county councillors are expected to be split at a meeting next week over nominating Seán Gallagher or Senator Joan Freeman for the upcoming Presidential election. That means that candidates will need the support of some combination of Fianna Fáil, independents, the Social Democrats, and Labour. Opposing groups in Fianna Fáil are seeking support for Mr Gallagher and Ms Freeman. Independent councillors are expected to break for Ms Freeman, who already picked up a nomination from Cork City Council on Monday night. Last year, he won an apology and undisclosed settlement from RTÉ over a false tweet which was read out on air, as he struggled to explain his role in a Fianna Fáil fundraiser several years previously.

Source: Evening echo September 08, 2018 08:35 UTC