Fine Gael MEP Deirdre Clune has announced she won't contest the next European election.
The Cork native has served as a member of the European Parliament for the Ireland South constituency since 2014.
She also served as a TD and a senator, having been first elected to Leinster House in 1997.
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She's the second Fine Gael MEP to confirm she won't contest June's election, following a similar announcement from Frances Fitzgerald last week
Speaking on her Twitter account, Deirdre Clune says leaving public office wasn't an easy decision.
