Billy Kelleher calls on Fianna Fáil to meet sooner than planned to discuss presidential candidate

Mr Kelleher said waiting until the party's pre-Oireachtas think-in in September to meet would be a mistake

Billy Kelleher: 'In my opinion, Fianna Fáil, the largest party in the Dáil, the Seanad and in local government, should be actively involved in either running its own candidate or facilitating a candidate that represents our values and beliefs as a political movement.'

Fianna Fáil should convene a meeting urgently to discuss the forthcoming presidential election, according to Billy Kelleher, the party's MEP for Ireland South.

Mr Kelleher added that without a meeting convened soon, Fianna Fáil TDs, senators and MEPs will not meet in person until mid-September at the earliest.