Editor a chauvinistic pig, says election candidate

THE only female election candidate in Wexford has called the editor of a local newspaper a “chauvinistic pig” on a radio station because of an article she claims is sexist.

Lisa McDonald, a Fianna Fáil candidate in the five-seat constituency, plans to report the editor of the Echo newspaper to the Equality Authority and wants Tom Mooney to apologise for sexist comments made about her following the birth of her son.

In a recent RedC poll carried out for the newspaper on the candidates running in the constituency, Ms McDonald received just 4% of the vote meaning she would not be elected.