Bradley Bytes – a sort of political column by Dara Bradley

Seán Kyne told this newspaper last December he was leaving politics for good. But like a boomerang, he’s back – with a plum job in the Seanad.

The Moycullen man dropped the bombshell before the result of the General Election count was declared, but when it was clear he was not going to win a seat in Galway West to serve a third term in Dáil Éireann.

Emotions were raw in the count centre at Galway Lawn Tennis Club, yet Kyne’s reaction appeared calm, considered.

And the sitting senator was unequivocal. He had lost the election and he was not putting his family through another bruising campaign. The 49-year-old also ruled out becoming a senator again.

“I’m not saying I wouldn’t get elected to the........

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