Meath councillor’s relief as stalker arrested

A business woman and county councillor, who is standing in the next general election as an independent, has spoken of her relief after gardaí arrested a phone stalker who had made her life ‘a living nightmare’ over the last two years’

Sharon Keogan, from Duleek is a former member of the national executive of Fianna Fáil, and will be a candidate in the Meath East constituency next spring.

She revealed: “This whole thing began on August 23, 2013. I received a phone call, with the caller’s number withheld and when I answered it this guy started telling me how much he loved me and how much he wanted to be with me.