The Sinn Féin leader has admitted to withholding the real reason behind the resignation of a Senator who sent inappropriate texts to a minor.
Niall O Donnghaile sent the messages in September 2023 prompting a complaint to the party and a reference to the PSNI, who found no offence occurred.
Mary Lou McDonald told the Dáil Sinn Féin knew Niall O Donnghaile would resign from the party after a meeting on October 5th 2023.
He eventually stepped down more than two months later citing health reasons with McDonald praising him in a statement.
McDonald says they didn’t release the real reason behind Mr O Donnghaile’s resignation out of concern for his health:
Meanwhile, the Dáil has heard that the Sinn Féin party member who made a complaint against TD Brian Stanley was “traumatised and distressed”.
She said the complaint investigated by the party against Mr Stanley related to his personal behaviour and Sinn Féin acted in a correct and fair manner.
Mr Stanley resigned from Sinn Féin at the weekend claiming a “kangaroo court” had been set up to facilitate a character assassination.
In the Dáil the Sinn Féin leader said Brian Stanley was told a serious counter allegation he made should be referred to the gardaí, but he has yet to do so.
