No comments over Dáil attendance but TD won’t stand in election

Fine Gael TD Dara Murphy has defended €26,000 in profits from his consultancy firm from his work in Europe, while having the lowest Dáil attendance last year.

Mr Murphy, a €94,535-a-year TD for Cork North-Central has declared he will not stand at the next election and has worked as director of elections with the European People’s Party (EPP), Fine Gael’s EU group between 2017 and the elections in May.