Politics

Ciarán Cannon becomes 10th Fine Gael TD to announce exit from politics

Former junior minister said that there is now a ‘toxicity in politics now that was barely palpable twenty years ago’

Ciarán Cannon: “After 20 years in any role, I think you begin to reach a point where you've given all you can give. I have a deep respect for the people who elected me again and again, and I'm either all in on their behalf, or I'm not.” Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Ciarán Cannon has become the latest Fine Gael TD to announce he is to retire from politics.

A former leader of the Progressive Democrats, Cannon served as a councillor in Galway from 2004 and was first appointed as a Senator with the party in 2007.

Cannon announced his resignation as leader of the Progressive Democrats in 2009 and joined Fine Gael. He won a Dáil seat in Galway East in the 2011 general election, which ...