#GE16 Guide to Dún Laoghaire: Hanafin to play the ‘hare’ for Labour and Fine Gael candidates
HARD ROAD: Candidates who get into the frame on the first count generally hang in to take the seats. Fianna Fail’s Mary Hanafin will hope that this rule of thumb holds, but unless her party’s fortunes improve during the course of the campaign she may play the role of hare for the Labour and Fine Gael candidates coursing behind her.