I was too self-centred to be a good father, McDaid admits

Colourful Fianna Fáil TD Jim McDaid yesterday admitted that he was too self-centred to be a good father during his marriage.

The former senior minister and deputy for Donegal North East, appeared on TV3’s The Political Party, with his eldest son Garreth, who is standing as a Green Party candidate in Roscommon-South Leitrim in the forthcoming election.

Dr McDaid, who has a grown-up family but recently became a father again with his partner Siobhan, acknowledged he was absent a lot during the formative years of his children.