Kelleher welcomes ‘healthy’ competition for presidential nomination
It is “healthy ” for Fianna Fáil to have a contest for its presidential nomination, party MEP and hopeful Billy Kelleher has said.
Mr Kelleher made the comment after formally declaring his intention to seek backing, and after one of his party colleagues endorsed former Dublin GAA manager Jim Gavin for the nomination.
Meanwhile, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern said he was not ruling himself out of the race as he expressed disappointment that his party’s leadership had failed to express support for him.
Mr Ahern and Mr Kelleher were among party stalwarts who attended a special mass at Glasnevin Cemetery on Friday, marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Eamon de Valera.
Mr Kelleher told reporters that it is a “good thing ” for other people to put their name forward as a candidate for Fianna Fáil’s nomination.
It came after his party colleague and Further Education Minister James Lawless endorsed Mr Gavin.
Mr Kelleher said: “I don’t kn...
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