O’Meara joins list for Labour’s presidential vote

FORMER Labour Senator and unsuccessful election candidate Kathleen O’Meara is to seek the party’s nomination for this autumn’s presidential election.

She is the third person to seek the support from Labour TDs, senators and the party’s national executive, and will have to compete with former minister Michael D Higgins and children’s rights campaigner Fergus Finlay for the party’s candidacy.

Ms O’Meara, who will formally announce her decision to stand today, will campaign for a new proclamation for Ireland to be declared in 2016.