Senator Murphy was previously defeated at the party's selection convention by Dr Martin Daly and failed in a bid to be added to the ticket in Roscommon-Galway.

Dr Martin Daly, Fianna Fail's general election candidate for Roscommon-Galway, says he hopes Senator Eugene Murphy will stay in the party.

The party has selected a single candidate to contest the election in Roscommon Galway, in the form of Dr Martin Daly, a Ballygar based GP and former IMO President.

The Fianna Fáil general election candidate has described facilities as 'unacceptable'.

It's only open from Monday to Friday at the moment, from 9 o'clock in the morning until 5 o'clock in the evening.

A local political analyst says a female candidate could be chosen to run alongside Dr Martin Daly in Roscommon-Galway.

He lost out by eight votes to Dr. Martin Daly at last night’s selection convention in the Abbey Hotel in Roscommon town.