Morgan will not seek re-election

SINN FÉIN TD Arthur Morgan will not contest the next general election, in what is being seen as a major blow for the party.

Mr Morgan, who has been a TD for the Louth constituency since 2002 made the announcement last night. It had been rumoured at both local and national level he was not going to stand again. Sinn Féin has four TDs.

Mr Morgan said he was leaving frontline politics to return to the family business in fish processing and said it had been “a great honour” to have represented the people of Louth.

“I have served two terms now as a Sinn Féin TD for Louth. It has been a similarly great honour to represent the Sinn Féin party in Louth and Leinster House..”

“When I took the decision to run for a Dáil seat in Louth I had to step out of the role I had played... in a family business which goes back a very long way. I would really like to go back into business,” he said.

Mr Morgan said he would remain active within the party.