EXTRA - Sinn Féin: Mary Lou McDonald attempts to quell crises – did she succeed?

Update: 2024-10-16

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Mary Lou McDonald has been accused of orchestrating an “elaborate cover-up” after admitting didn’t divulge why former Sinn Féin senator Niall Ó Donnghaile resigned from the Seanad. The former Belfast Lord Mayor has now admitted he had resigned over inappropriate texts to a teen. What will all of this mean for the Republic’s looming election?

Ciarán Dunbar joined by the Irish Independent’s political editor – Philip Ryan.

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