FF councillor subject of WRC harassment complaint by anti-abortion campaigner

A Fianna Fáil councillor has expressed shock at being the subject of a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission over an alleged incident with an anti-abortion campaigner at a pipe band contest in Dublin last year.

The WRC investigated a claim that Darragh Butler, who represents the Swords area on Fingal County Council, had engaged in harassment on grounds of religious belief contrary to the Equal Status Act. Mr Butler, who has been a councillor for 12 years, denied the claim and described the complaint as “vexatious and misconceived.”