Outgoing Green MEP Grace O'Sullivan questions running of 'celebrity candidates' in EU elections

'If you’re running a candidate for the European Parliament, do you go with celebrities or do you go with people who have competencies and experience in the job?'

Grace O'Sullivan: her elimination leaves Ireland without a green voice in Europe. Pictures: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Outgoing Green MEP Grace O’Sullivan, who lost her European Parliament seat on Thursday, believes her decision to speak out on “inconvenient truths” cost her votes.

Ms O’Sullivan, whose elimination from the Ireland South election race on Wednesday afternoon just days after Ciaran Cuffe’s elimination in Dublin leaves Ireland without a Green voice in Europe, has also questioned the running of “celebrity candidates”.