Ó Snodaigh denies there is problem with bullying in Sinn Féin

A senior Sinn Féin TD has rejected claims his party is suffering from an internal bullying crisis, after a former Dublin councillor claimed he was forced out of the party just days after a separate scandal in Cork.

Dublin South Central TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh denied his party has a problem with the issue after former Dublin city councillor Jonathan Dowdall alleged bullying is “allowed to go on in certain parts of Sinn Féin”.

Just days after claims of questionable finances and alleged bullying of sitting Cork East TD Sandra McLellan saw Cork County Council members Kieran McCarthy and Melissa Mullane expelled and suspended for 12 months, Mr Dowdall said he also suffered from abuse.