The 2018 trip to Syria by four TDs, including president-elect Catherine Connolly, was organised by Elaine Daly, sister of Clare Daly, the former TD and MEP has said. Ms Connolly was asked on several occasions who organised the trip but did not answer the question. Ms Connolly travelled to Syria with the then TDs Clare Daly, Mick Wallace and Maureen O’Sullivan among others. Asked during the campaign about the meeting, Ms Connolly said she was not aware of the presence of the militia leader. During the presidential campaign the Irish Syria Solidarity Movement criticised Ms Connolly for saying she had been “shown around by Palestinians” at Yarmouk during the 2018 trip.
