Former Independent MEP and TD Marian Harkin has today announced that she will run in the general election in the Sligo/Leitrim, south Donegal, north Roscommon constituency.
Ms Harkin has served as an Independent TD for Sligo-Leitrim between 2002 to 2007 and an MEP for North-West and later Midlands-North-West from 2004 until retiring in 2019.
Announcing her candidacy this morning on OceanFM, Ms Harkin confirmed that she would run as an Independent, despite speculation that she was in talks with Fine Gael last year.
Ms Harkin said she was confident that an Independent candidate could influence the policy of the next government on rural and regional issues.