Speaking to MidWest Radio, the Mayo TD said he received 15,000 first preference votes in Mayo and was the only Fine Gael TD to be elected on the first count . “There is a new breed of Fine Gael TDs – they come in fast and they go out fast and they don’t look after their constituents,” he added. Read MoreMr Ring said he was "born into Fine Gael" and accused unnamed people of using the organisation as a “party of convenience”. What happened last Saturday and again yesterday, this government certainly, certainly doesn’t think much of rural Ireland,” he said. “I have to be honest, having no senior minister in Connacht, having no senior minister in Clare, having no senior minister in Donegal, it doesn’t send out a good message for Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil,” he added.

Source: Irish Independent July 02, 2020 17:03 UTC