Sean Kelly 'worried' by scale of running mate Clune's FG convention win

Fine Gael MEP Seán Kelly has admitted that he is "worried" about the forthcoming European elections after it emerged that his running mate Deirdre Clune secured about one-third more delegate votes than him at Sunday's selection convention.

Both sitting MEPs in Ireland South, Kelly and Clune, were chosen by 800-plus Fine Gael members to contest the next election in May, along with Andrew Doyle from Wicklow who is a long-serving TD and currently minister of state.