FIANNA Fail canvassers in Dublin West had a nasty fright this week. As they made their way around one big estate they were confronted "by a few fellows in balaclavas who wanted to check our credentials. I think they thought we were on their patch". The canvassers believe they might have been drugs vigilantes but they didn't ask. Nor did they ask for their No 1.
Way out west
FIANNA Fail canvassers in Dublin West had a nasty fright this week
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