Independent candidate in Dublin Bay South says she has ‘no desire to run as a sweeper for any candidate’, there is ‘residual animosity’ towards her in Fine Gael – and she’s against ‘one-off payments’ to familiesParty says it did not ask Ms O’Connell to run in the constituency, as sitting councillor Emma Blain to join James Geoghegan on ticket
Kate O’Connell on running as an independent in the next election
Former Fine Gael TD Kate O’Connell has rejected an invitation by Simon Harris to run for the party in the upcoming general election, declaring she will instead run as an Independent in Dublin Bay South.
The decision is a blow to Harris’s ambitions to win two seats in the Fine Gael heartland of Garret FitzGerald.
