Mairia Cahill ‘regrets’ joining dissident Republicans

Mairia Cahill has said she “deeply regrets” joining a dissident Republican group.

Ms Cahill, who is expected to be elected to the Seanad today after being put forward by the Labour party, went further by distancing herself from the Republican movement.

She said: “I am the first person to say it was the wrong thing to do, I regret it deeply and I am deeply sorry for my involvement in it.