Mary Lou McDonald's constituency manager lodges defamation suit against Belfast Telegraph

Ruth Dudley Edwards, columnist with the Belfast Telegraph, who is subject of a lawuit by Liam Lappin, constituency manager for Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin leader. File Picture.

The constituency manager for Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald is suing the Belfast Telegraph and its high-profile columnist, historian Ruth Dudley Edwards, over a tweet concerning an article published in early March by the newspaper involving the Stormont Assembly’s minister for finance Conor Murphy.

Liam Lappin, who served as manager for Ms McDonald’s constituency of Dublin Central since March 2018, lodged papers against the Telegraph, its political editor Suzanne Breen, and Ms Dudley Edwards on Monday.