Loss of Seanad seat spells end for Taylor Quinn

THE political career of former Clare TD Madeleine Taylor Quinn was in tatters last night when she lost her seat in the Seanad.

After failing in her bid to regain a seat in the Dáil in the general election, the former Fine Gael frontbencher was edged out by her party colleagues in the race for a seat in the Seanad.

Former FG frontbencher Brian Hayes and FG’s Tipperary North election candidate Noel Coonan held the party’s two seats on the Cultural and Educational Panel in the Seanad.