Senator Mike Kennelly Makes Claims of Widespread Election Fraud in Kerry.

Dead peoples votes count also.

County Kerry - The kind of place where the men are men and the sheep are nervous, the voting is robust, the candidates are colourful, and the rules of electoral law, it would appear, are treated more like a friendly suggestion rather than actual laws that might get you in trouble.

Fine Gael Senator Mike Kennelly stood up in the Seanad (Senate) last week and, with the subtlety of a hurley to the kneecaps, informed the nation that a man who admitted to election fraud just happens to work for Healy-Rae’s, arguably the nation’s most famous political dynasty. Now, in most civilised countries, election fraud is the kind of thing that gets you more than a stern talking-to from a judge. However, in Kerry, it earns you a €1,000 charity donation and a judicial pat on the back for not requiring everyone to sit through a trial.