By Gordon DeeganPresidential hopeful and journalist Gemma O’Doherty yesterday clashed with members of Clare County Council over her claims that there was State collusion in the murder of Veronica Guerin. At a specially convened meeting of Clare County Council in Ennis to hear from presidential hopefuls, Ms O’Doherty said that “a very dangerous tweet” last weekend by brother of the murdered journalist, Jimmy Guerin, had defamed her. Asking Ms O’Doherty to account for her “State collusion” claims, Cllr Mary Howard (FG) read out Mr Guerin’s tweet in full, where he stated Ms O’Doherty’s “State collusion” comments concerning the murder of his sister were “offensive, disgusting and extremely hurtful”. In response, Ms O’Doherty said: “Well that is a libellous tweet. Mr Sharkey said that “Michael D asked me after dinner would I like to meet Peter O’Toole?

Source: Irish Examiner September 08, 2018 03:11 UTC