Fifteen candidates had declared their intention to contest the General Election in the Cavan/Monaghan constitency when the deadline for nominations closed at lunchtime yesterday (Wednesday).
The crowded field boasts four Fine Gael hopefuls, two candidates each for Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, one Labour and one Green Party representative, and five non-party contenders.
There were several late-comers to the field this week, their identities reflecting in part the discernible upsurge nationally in candidates not aligned to established political groupings seeking to take advantage of the perceived disenchantment with …