Limerick West

Number of seats: 3

Fianna Fail have held two seats here forever, aside from 1987 when the PDs took one of these seats and 1997, when Fine Gael won two. PDs and Fine Gael again challenging Fianna Fail here for the last seat.

Prediction: FF 2; FG1.

Best candidate: Dan Neville (FG)

Weakest link:  Niall Collins (FF)

In the long grass: Michael Brennan (PD)