Politics
Fine Gael ard fheis: Kate O’Connell mulls return to politics after ‘dark chapter’ under Varadkar
Former Dublin Bay South TD said she would ‘be available’ to Simon Harris in rebuilding beleaguered party
Kate O’Connell, the former Fine Gael Dublin Bay South TD, has signalled her interest in running for the party in the next general election.
Appearing at the party’s annual ard fheis in Galway on Saturday, O’Connell said that Harris’s ascension to the leadership opened “an avenue for me.”
O’Connell described Fine Gael as being in a period of “inertia” but that she believed Harris could draw people back into the party.
“The focus today will ...
