Fine Gael delegates set to decide minister’s future

Fine Gael officials will decide on whether to run under-pressure European Affairs Minister Dara Murphy in the general election at a grass-roots vote in his constituency tonight.

The party’s Cork North Central branch will decide this evening on who to put forward at its selection convention.

Mr Murphy, who was controversially driven by two gardaí from rural Cork to Dublin Airport earlier this month after his car broke down on the motorway, is facing stiff competition from Fine Gael senator Colm Burke for the nomination in the four-seat constituency.