She is expected to announce her candidacy for one of the four Dáil seats in Wexford
Verona Murphy speaking to media at the Wexford count centre following November's by-election. Image: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie Verona Murphy speaking to media at the Wexford count centre following November's by-election. Image: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie VERONA MURPHY IS expected to announce herself as an independent candidate in the upcoming general election later this morning.
Speculation has been rife that she would instead run as independent candidate and Murphy told TheJournal.ie that she will announce her decision on local radio in Wexford at 10am this morning.Murphy’s Facebook page was updated last week to say that her office was open each day and it lists her as a “Dáil candidate”.
Fianna Fáil’s Malcolm Byrne topped the poll in the Wexford by-election and took the available seat with Murphy receiving the second-highest first preference vote in the November poll, finishing in third place.