Lobbying Sligo councillor Joe Queenan refuses to resign seat after ‘edited’ RTÉ exposé

The Sligo councillor at the centre of this week’s RTÉ exposé has said he will not be resigning his council seat.

Joe Queenan who resigned from Fianna Fáil in the immediate aftermath of the RTÉ investigation into political lobbying, apologised for failing to complete his statutory declaration for 2015 correctly, and for mentioning a potential investment in an agri-feed business.

But in a statement, the Enniscrone-based councillor insisted that “the edited footage does not give a fair and honest account” of the conversation between himself and the undercover reporter.