By Dan Walsh
Party leader and An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has wished long standing Wexford TD Paul Kehoe “the very best in whatever he decides to do next” after he announced tonight (Monday) at a meeting of the Fine Gael Party in Clayton Whites Hotel, Wexford, that he will not be contesting the next General Election.
Deputy Kehoe told the meeting that “this has been a very difficult decision to make but I feel that now is the right time for me and my family”.
“The Wexford Fine Gael organisation put their faith in me by selecting me to run in the 2002 General Election and I hope that I have repaid that faith over the past 22 years as a TD for the constituency,” said Deputy Kehoe.
From Bree, Deputy Kehoe, was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the 2002 General Election, when he succeeded Ivan Yates, has served as a TD for Wexford for 22 years and served as Government Chief Whip and as Minister of State with Responsibility for Defence.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said; “I wish Paul the very best in whatever he decides to do next. He is a man not to be under-estimated, is a good judge of character and understands how politics is done.”
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