Sligo Fianna Fáil TD warns party grassroots members are feeling disenfranchised

A local Fianna Fáil TD says it's imperative that grass roots members are given more of a say in the selection of future Presidential candidates. Sligo Leitrim, Deputy Eamon Scanlon proposed the move at a recent Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Meeting which was called to discuss the withdrawal of Jim Gavin from the Presidential Election. The Sligo TD says that grass root members currently feel disenfranchised he says lessons must be learned and that mistakes made in the selection of the former All Ireland winning manger can't happen again.