Sinn Féin's Kathleen Funchion plans to run for Europe in Ireland South

Sinn Féin senator Paul Gavan has already been selected to contest the constituency but Ms Funchion is now to also seek a nomination

Kathleen Funchion is a Carlow-Kilkenny TD and is the party’s spokesperson on Children, Equality and Disability. File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

Sinn Féin TD Kathleen Funchion has announced she is to seek the nomination to run in the European Parliament elections in the Ireland South constituency.

Ms Funchion is a Carlow-Kilkenny TD and is the party’s spokesperson on Children, Equality and Disability. She was first elected as a TD in 2016 having served on the Kilkenny county council from 2009 to 2016.