A TD has accused the government parties of not representing rural Ireland.
A Roscommon - Galway TD has called on rural independents to join together and create their own political party.
Michael Fitzmaurice has accused the Government parties of not properly representing voters outside of towns and cities.
He also warned rural Ireland is not just farmers, but all kinds of different people in lots of individual communities.
Deputy Fitzmaurice has been speaking to Midlands 103's Kamron Clarke, and says rural Ireland has nobody to look out for it, at the moment:
Deputy Fitzmaurice claims Green Party policies are causing "chaos" and confusion:
The Independent TDdenied that he doesn't believe climate change isn't an important issue:
There is an existing Rural Independent Group, which includes Laois Offaly TD Carol Nolan, but it's not a political party, and Deputy Fitzmaurice is not a member.
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