Fianna Fail leader on whistle-stop tour of Kildare on Friday

Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin will be visiting north Kildare towns: Clane, Kilcock, Maynooth, Leixlip and Ardclough.

He will be accompanied by local sitting TD Frank O'Rourke.

Friday morning will begin with a fundraising breakfast in the Westgrove Hotel in Clane followed by a meeting with Co Kildare Chamber of Commerce.

Mr Martin will later canvass in Clane town centre and Ottomy Estate.

After noon, the Fianna Fail leader will be in Highfield Estate in Kilcock.

Mr Martin will have a lunch meeting in the Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth where he will meet a local Alzheimers' Society group.

More canvassing will follow in O’Neill Park in Maynooth, Avondale area in Leixlip and Wheatfield area in Ardclough.

The whistle-stop tour of north Kildare will finish just after 4pm.