Clare's outgoing Labour TD looks set to miss out on his bid for the Seanad.
Michael McNamara, who lost his Dáil seat last month, subseqeuntly announced that he was seeking his party's nomination for a spot on the agricultural panel in the Seanad election.
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Now, however, he has conceded that it's "almost certain he won't get that", and the Clare Champion reports that Labout has decided not to make any nomination itself.