Cork East TD vows Sinn Féin loyalty amid row

Cork East TD Sandra McLellan has broken her silence about an internal Sinn Féin row amid speculation that she threatened to leave the party if it did not take her side in the dispute.

After the expulsion of Cobh councillor Kieran McCarthy and suspension of Kanturk-Mallow councillor Melissa Mullane this week, the TD now claims it is time to move on.

But the fall out from an inquiry that looked at “uncomradely behaviour” against deputy McLellan and financial irregularities in a local cumann has divided local party members.