FINE Gael’s John McGahon said it has been a “very tough” two weeks after his election campaign was dealt a blow when a video emerged of him involved in an altercation. The outgoing senator failed

After weeks of silence in a campaign beleaguered by the resurfacing of a video that saw the Louth Fine Gael outgoing senator involved in an altercation on the street, John McGahon finally faced the media at the count centre in Dundalk on Sunday evening.

The letter, seen by the Irish Mirror, says that the Senator “loves his community” and that if it is “not possible” for voters to give them their number one vote, he would like them to consider giving

Fine Gael Senator John McGahon is his party's main hope of retaining its seat in Louth but his candidacy has caused a problem for the party which has galvanised everybody else into attack mode, writes

Fine Gael election hopeful not in office on Wednesday and has not commented publicly since controversy erupted

Micheál Martin has objected to Fine Gael's decision to allow candidate John McGahon to run in the General Election. Mr McGahon was accused of physically assaulting Breen White in an incident outside a Louth pub in 2018.

Speaking in Naas on Wednesday, Taoiseach Simon Harris was asked if he would canvass with John McGahon before the election on November 29

Mr McGahon was found not guilty of assaulting Breen White outside a Dundalk nightclub in a criminal case two years ago, but a High Court civil action found him liable earlier this year, with Mr White awarded a sum of damages against Mr McGahon.

John McGahon has said that he’ll be stepping back from politics after being eliminated from contention in the General Election. Mr McGahon’s campaign was mired in controversy, after a video of him being involved in an altercation a number of years ago resurfaced.

John McGahon has said he will be taking a step back from politics for the foreseeable future and now plans to spend more time with his family.