Sinn Féin's Imelda Munster will not run in next general election

Imelda Munster was first elected to the Dáil in 2016 and topped the poll in the constituency in 2020. Prior to that, she had spent 12 years on Louth County Council. File picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

Sinn Féin TD Imelda Munster has announced she will not run in the next general election.

Ms Munster, a TD for Louth, was seen as a certainty to retain her seat next time out, but has said she will step away from politics after 20 years of public representation.