Former Wicklow TD Mr Liam Kavanagh. Who was defeated in the last general elec6tion, has announced he will not be fighting the next election.
Mr Kavanagh. Who served in coalition governments from 1981 to 1987 and is a former environment minister.
He said yesterday he would have been a candidate again had there been an election within a year or so of the last one. Now, at 66 years of age, he "felt it was time to call it a day nationally".