Legal threat not linked to freeze in councillor’s expulsion, say Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin insisted yesterday its decision to temporarily freeze the expulsion of east Cork county councillor Kieran McCarthy over serious financial allegations, was not linked to the politician threatening to take legal action.

However, Cobh-based Mr McCarthy said: “I feel it is.”

The long-time party member was expelled from Sinn Féin last month following a lengthy internal review, which began last year, into serious bullying and financial allegations in the Cork East constituency.