The vice admiral, the MEP and the endorsement that never was
Independent chair of State board Mark Mellett withdraws from endorsing Fine Gael’s Maria Walsh at party rally
Vice Admiral retreats from backing Fine Gael MEP, who ducks for cover on questions
Among the ranks of Fine Gael ministers, TDs and senators sitting in the front row at the party rally was an out-of-place figure sitting bolt upright with a folder in his hand.
Vice-admiral Mark Mellett was listed as a proposer of Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh at the party’s European selection convention.
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