Brother of ex-finance minister Michael McGrath to run in general election

Carrigaline-based Seamus McGrath is the leader of the Fianna Fáil group on Cork County Council

Former finance Mmnister Michael McGrath and his brother Cllr Seamus McGrath.

The brother of former finance minister Michael McGrath plans to run in the next general election in a bid to retain his brother’s seat.

Carrigaline-based Seamus McGrath, 49, the leader of the Fianna Fáil group on Cork County Council, and who got the highest first-preference vote of any candidate in the recent local elections, confirmed on Friday that he plans to seek his party’s nomination to run in Cork South Central.