Senator who retweeted post calling IRA victim 'sadist' returns to SF after three-month ban
Senator Máire Devine issued an apology to the family of Brian Stack in the Seanad following the incident.
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Senator Máire Devine issued an apology to the family of Brian Stack in the Seanad following the incident.
Máire Devine has been suspended from Sinn Féin over her tweets about the late Brian Stack.
Mary Lou McDonald has said she seeks to reform and modernise the party, part of that will require a rethinking of how reps use social media.
Máire Devine has been suspended from Sinn Féin for three months.
But Cathal King, who ruled himself out in June, could face competition as Sinn Féin nominates its candidate this weekend.
Sinn Féin’s Cathal King will not contest the by-election later this year and would prefer to see a woman candidate nominated.
Sinn Féin has hailed the election as a marker of the party’s surging popularity and grwoth.