Poll-topper McGrath has no ambitions to follow brother into the Dáil

Despite being the highest vote-getter in the local elections, Fianna Fáil councillor Seamus McGrath says he has no ambition to seek a seat in the Dáil.

The 39-year-old Corkman, whose TD brother Michael is the party’s finance spokesman, got 4,700 first-preference votes in the Ballincollig-Carrigaline electoral area.

He got more than 20% of the vote after being up against 20 candidates.