FF’s O’Donovan says he will not run in next election

The leas-chathaoirleach of the Seanad has announced that he won’t be running in the next general election, which means for the first time in a generation a new face will appear on the Fianna Fáil ticket in Cork South West.

Since 1977 Denis O’Donovan or the late Joe Walsh, or sometimes both combined, have run in the constituency for the party.

Senator O’Donovan has said he will not be putting his name forward because he feared that if he did Fianna Fáil would run two candidates, which he believes is not the right strategy.