A third of 35 TDs who won seats for Fine Gael in 2020 general election unlikely to seek re-election
‘You’re running in the next election until you’re not’: Cannon’s departure ratchets up tension in Fine Gael
Cannon is the 10th to announce his departure in the past year or so, with the former Dublin Bay South TD and minister for housing Eoghan Murphy resigning his seat in 2021. Fine Gael sources speculate there are more to come, with questions typically directed at older TDs Bernard Durkan and Michael Ring, as well as wilder rumours about some of the more prominent frontbenchers. All currently maintain they will stand again.
The latest departure adds to a growing unease in Fine Gael as the party prepares its bid to be returned to power for an unprecedented fourth time in a row.
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