Principal says letter was not politically motivated

The school principal whose criticisms of Dublin TD Derek Keating prompted a Fine Gael aide to remove and dump thousands of copies of a local newspaper has denied his actions were politically motivated.

Tomas Ó Dulaing said he was a member of the United Left Alliance, but his reason for writing to the newspaper was prompted by the behaviour of Mr Keating.

The paper, the Lucan Gazette, carried a letter from Mr Ó Dulaing criticising Mr Keating for claiming credit in a local leaflet drop for getting an extension for Griffeen Valley Educate Together School, a development Mr Ó Dulaing says the TD had no part in.