Tipp councillor who resigned from Sinn Féin says he felt 'ostracised'

A Sinn Féin councillor in Tipperary has become the latest public representative to resign from the party, citing as "an affront to democracy" the organisation's general election selection convention last year which excluded men from running.

Cllr David Doran also revealed that he has already been contacted by Peadar Tóibín, the former Sinn Féin TD who is in the process of establishing a new political movement following his own resignation from the party.