Limerick TD confirms he will contest next election despite recent health scare

The Minister of State at the Office of Public Works said: 'I got a fright. I got a very big fright.'

Patrick O'Donovan was taken from Leinster House having fallen ill during a question and answer session in June. File picture: Denis Minihane

Limerick County TD Patrick O'Donovan says he will contest the next election following a health scare at the end of the last Dáil term.

Mr O'Donovan, the Minister of State at the Office of Public Works, was taken from Leinster House by ambulance having fallen ill during a question and answer session in June. The minister was treated in St James and Beaumont hospitals.