Last week Mr Ó Donnghaile acknowledged he quit Sinn Féin last year after the party received complaints that he had sent inappropriate texts to a teenage party member. Mr Ó Donnghaile stepped down from the Seanad three months after Sinn Féin had referred the issue to the authorities. Ms McDonald told the Dáil last week that the true reasons were not made public because of concerns about the mental wellbeing of the former Belfast lord mayor. Fine Gael minister of state Jennifer Carroll MacNeill accused Ms McDonald of giving “completely wrong information” to the Dáil. “Why did Sinn Féin continue to push this falsehood?

Source: The Herald October 20, 2024 21:19 UTC