Labour TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has confirmed he will seek his party’s nomination to run in next year’s European elections in Dublin following the riots in the capital last month. The Dublin Bay North TD said he had a “visceral” reaction to the violence on November 23 and it made him reconsider his previous decision not to contest next June’s elections. “I look at the things we’ve won over the last 10 years: marriage equality, repeal, a better sense of ourselves. He also noted he would be a member of the Party of European Socialists in the European Parliament where there has not been a Labour MEP for nearly 10 years. He has a master’s in European politics and said Labour should be looking to send “as good a candidate to Europe as we possibly can”.

Source: Irish Independent December 10, 2023 06:04 UTC