THE Fianna Fail party is likely to add Senator Dick Roche to the ticket in the Wicklow constituency in the next general election, senior party sources said last night, although no formal decision has been made.
Mr Roche lost by one vote to the county councillor, Mr Michael Lawlor, in a selection convention at Aughrim, Co Wicklow, on Wednesday night. The sitting Fianna Fail TD, Mr Joe Jacob, was selected unanimously.
Fianna Fail's sitting TDs, Mr Noel Dempsey and Ms Mary Wallace, were last night selected at a convention in Navan to represent the Meath constituency in the next general election. Councillor Mr John Brady, chairman of Meath Co Council, was also selected on the party ticket.