Fine Gael TD Fergus O'Dowd to step down at next General Election

Mr O'Dowd has become the latest of several Fine Gael TDs who have announced the will be not contesting the next election. 

Fergus O'Dowd and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar pictured in Drogheda in 2020. File Picture Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin

Veteran Fine Gael TD Fergus O’Dowd has confirmed that he will not contest the next general election.

The Louth TD, who was first elected as a Fine Gael TD in 2002, confirmed his intention to step down in a statement this evening.