Éamon Ó Cuív quit race over Fianna Fail threat

Fianna Fáil TD Éamon Ó Cuív said he declined to enter the presidential election race because of senior party officials’ threats that he would be kicked out of the party if he did so.

Mr O Cuiv last night confirmed the reason for his decision to formally rule himself out of the contest in a two-page letter to supporters, saying: “You can understand I would not do anything that would force me to leave.”