Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall will not contest next general election

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Former Social Democrats leaders Catherine Murphy and Roisin Shortall have announced neither will run in the next general election.

Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall have announced that they will not run in the next general election.

Deputy Murphy, a TD for Dublin North West, said she is proud to have served in the Dáil for almost 32 years.“Politics has enormous potential to make people’s lives better and to create a fairer and more progressive country. Deputies Murphy and Shortall founded the Social Democrats in July 2015 – alongside current Fianna Fáil Health Minister Stephen Donnelly.

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