O’Donoghue vows to seek party nomination and face voters again

FORMER ceann comhairle and Kerry South TD, John O’Donoghue, will again seek the nomination to run for Fianna Fáil in the forthcoming general election and said he was keeping a promise he made when “forced out of office” as ceann comhairle.

Fianna Fáil is likely to run just one candidate, in the constituency — Mr O’Donoghue — senior party sources have confirmed.

Mr O’Donoghue resigned as ceann comhairle in October 2009, following publication of his expenses as Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and after a motion of no confidence in him was being prepared by the Labour leader Eamon Gilmore.