Coffey pulls out of race to replace Gareth Scahill on Roscommon council

Auctioneer Gerry Coffey has pulled out of the race to fill Gareth Scahill's Roscommon County Council seat.

Fine Gael is holding a selection convention on April 14th to choose Scahill's successor, after the Castlerea man was promoted to the Seanad.

Nominations close on March 30th - with Maura Hopkins, Micheal McGreal, Robbie McConn, and Ruth Connolly-Conboy still in the frame.

But Granlahan man Coffey - a former local elections candidate - is ruling himself out.