McDaid: Cowen should have gone to the country

Renegade TD Jim McDaid is to quit politics, it was confirmed today.

McDaid: Cowen should have gone to the country
Tue, 02 Nov, 2010 - 12:25

Renegade TD Jim McDaid is to quit politics, it was confirmed today.

The Donegal representative and GP has resigned his seat after writing to Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Finance Minister Brian Lenihan last week.

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CourtsJim McDaidPlace: LetterkennyPlace: DonegalPlace: Donegal South WestPlace: Donegal North EastPlace: IrelandPerson: McDaidPerson: CowenPerson: TDPerson: Jim McDaidPerson: TaoiseachPerson: Brian CowenPerson: Finance MinisterPerson: Brian LenihanPerson: Emmet StaggPerson: StaggPerson: CouncillorPerson: Padraig MacLochlainnPerson: Mary HarneyPerson: Eamon ScanlonPerson: Jimmy DevinsPerson: Michael LowryPerson: Jackie Healy-RaePerson: Seamus KirkPerson: Mattie McGrathPerson: Noel GrealishPerson: Joe BehanPerson: Finian McGrathPerson: Maureen O’SullivanEvent: Donegal South West by-electionOrganisation: GPOrganisation: TDOrganisation: Fianna FáilOrganisation: Ceann ComhairleOrganisation: DáilOrganisation: Letterkenny General HospitalOrganisation: GovernmentOrganisation: IrelandOrganisation: Sinn FéinOrganisation: TaoiseachOrganisation: Government of IrelandOrganisation: Fianna Fáil parliamentaryOrganisation: Dublin North CentralOrganisation: Dublin CentralOrganisation: Fine Gael
<p>Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan at Fianna Fáil’s annual Sean Lemass Commemoration on Sunday, May 10 2026. At the graveside of the former Taoiseach in Deansgrange Cemetery, Dun Laoghaire. (Bairbre Holmes/PA)</p>

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