Noonan ‘cold on offer’ to run for MEP seat

FORMER Fine Gael leader Michael Noonan is unlikely to accept an offer to become his party’s front-runner in the new South constituency, for next year’s European parliamentary elections.

Mr Noonan has confirmed he had been approached by senior figures in the Munster region, with a view to being Fine Gael’s leading candidate in the constituency, which has been reduced from four to three seats after last week’s constituency reforms.

The party’s sole MEP in Munster, John Cushnahan, recently announced that he would not seek re-election.