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Durkan (75) intends to run again at next general election
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Kildare North TD Bernard Durkan has confirmed he intends to stand at the next general election which will make him one the oldest candidates to go before voters.
Mr Durkan, who will turn 76 in March, will be 80 years old if the government runs its full five-year term.
He said: “Yes, I intend to stand.”
The Mayo native was first elected at the 1981 general election almost 40 years ago.
He later lost his seat in February 1982 but was re-elected in November 1982 and at every general election since then with an unbroken record of service.
Dáil and Senate security is to be urgently reviewed as a result of the storming of the US Capitol.
TDs and senators have discussed the need to tighten security around the Dáil and Seanad amid fears that groups could target them in a similar fashion to what played out in Washington overnight.
Rioters forced their way past metal security barricades at Capitol Hill, broke windows and scaled walls to fight their way into the Capitol.
Police said four people died during the chaos - one from gunshot wounds and three from medical emergencies - and 52 people were arrested.