FINE GAEL LEADER Simon Harris has said he is “not sure” if he would ask Fine Gael candidate and senator John McGahon to canvass with him in Louth, if the Taoiseach were to visit the county.

His supposed running mate within Fine Gael, Paula Butterly, was elected on the 20th count. Some of Butterly’s election posters stated: “Vote No 1 Paula Butterly and Vote No 2 John McGahon”.

LAST UPDATE | 30 Nov 2024 FINE GAEL’S JOHN McGahon looks unlikely to be elected in the Louth constituency and could be outpolled by his running mate Paula Butterly.

Fine Gael now has a candidate problem which has galvanised everybody else into attack mode. Senator John McGahon is the party's main hope of retaining its seat in Louth as one of its stalwarts ...

Fine Gael Senator John McGahon is being sued in the High Court for assault and battery by a farmer who alleges the politician attacked him after leaving a Co Louth pub six years ago.

Senator John McGahon is a general election candidate for Fine Gael in the Louth constituency. Photograph Collins Courts ...

Fine Gael candidate John McGahon was unavailable to the media yesterday as rival parties raised questions over his role in a street fight in 2018.

Fine Gael Senator John McGahon is being sued in the High Court by a man who accused him of assaulting him outside a pub six years ago. Farmer Breen White, from Castleblaney, Co Monaghan, has sued ...

FINE Gael election candidate John McGahon has broken his silence about the controversial pub assault. The incident which happened outside a pub in 2018 has cause a headache for party leader Simon ...

A High Court jury has awarded a man €39,000 against Fine Gael Senator John McGahon over a late night assault outside a pub. Farmer Breen White, from Castleblaney, Co Monaghan, sued Mr McGahon ...

Fine Gael is continuing to back Louth general election candidate John McGahon, as rival parties raise questions over his role in a street brawl in 2018. Mr McGahon was acquitted in 2022 of ...