EU Election Podcast: Outgoing MEP Deirdre Clune rules out presidency run
Deirdre Clune: 'I want to spend the next stage in my political career in Cork, where I'm from, and to live there. Having pulled a pulley bag on a plane or a train for 27 years, I'm looking forward to my base being my home rather than a hotel room from now on.' Picture: Jim Coughlan
Outgoing MEP Deirdre Clune will not run for president, she has said.
Ms Clune, who currently represents the Ireland South constituency, will see her 10-year tenure in Europe and a near 30-year political career end when she retires next year. She entered the European Parliament in 2014, before being re-elected in 2019.
