Gilroy blames Labour as he quits EU race

Labour senator John Gilroy has dropped out of the race for an EU seat, and said his decision was based on “a lack of decision-making by the party”.

His decision comes as it looks likely that Fine Gael will field just two candidates in the same four-seater, and comfortably hoover up any Cork votes that would have gone to Mr Gilroy.

A senior Fine Gael figure last night also used a behind closed doors parliamentary meeting to hit out at the party’s general secretary, Tom Curran, over the handling of their EU elections campaign.