Cllr Dolores Minogue
Fine Gael councillor Dolores Minogue has hit out at local TD Peter Fitzpatrick, claiming he has “shafted” Mid-Louth.
Last week Deputy Fitzpatrick did a U-turn on his decision not to seek the Fine Gael nomination at next month’s selection convention on July 9th after reportedly receiving an assurance from Taoiseach Enda Kenny that the party would run just two candidates in the Louth/East Meath constituency.
Cllr Minogue, from Ardee, was heavily linked as a possible third Fine Gael candidate on the ticket, along with the likes of Cllr Colm Markey from Togher.
However, that no longer looks to be the case, with Cllr Minogue telling Michael Reade of LMFM this morning that she felt the party would now run just two candidates, Deputy Fitzpatrick in Dundalk and fellow sitting TD Fergus O’Dowd in Drogheda.
She told the station: “Of course I have ambition for Mid-Louth. I had a small chance on the 11th of June to get to convention but now I haven’t. The goalposts have moved since Peter done a u-turn. Reading the papers and listening to people he has got a cast-iron (promise) that it’s only going to be two candidates in Dundalk and Drogheda.”
She said it was disappointing that Deputy Fitzpatrick hadn’t come onto the likes of LMFM to explain himself and called on him to do so.
“ It’s disappointing that Peter is not coming to speak to the people he represents locally to explain his situation. He knows the party’s strategy now more than anybody and I would call for him to come on and explain it to the people he represents,” she said.
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