Fianna Fáil appoints panel to review botched Jim Gavin presidential election bid

Tom Brabazon, Eamon Scanlon, Margaret Murphy O’Connor, and chairman Ciaran O’Loughlin SC will bring specific proposals back to the party by November 12

Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD at the National Ploughing Championships in September with then Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin. Picture: Dan Linehan

A four-person panel will be put in place to review Fianna Fáil’s botched presidential election and the selection of its candidate Jim Gavin.

The former Dublin GAA manager pulled out of the race last week following confirmation that he failed to repay a tenant rent overpayments worth €3,300 in 2008.