High-profile former TD has announced she is running as an Independent
Current lord mayor James Geoghegan: he has been selected to run for Fine Gael in Dublin Bay South, along with Emma Blain. Photograph: Laura Hutton
Ms O’Connell, a high-profile former TD who had clashed with Leo Varadkar but seemed to be set for a return to the fold under Simon Harris, announced that she would run as an Independent candidate in an interview with the Sunday Independent. In response to questions from The Irish Times, the party said: “Yesterday the Fine Gael executive council approved the addition of Cllr Emma Blain to run with Cllr James Geoghegan in Dublin Bay South, where we will be aiming to win two seats. Kate O’Connell was not asked to run for Fine Gael in the forthcoming general election. Fine Gael HQ was in discussions with her – along with others – about a potential addition.
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