Man who made social media claims about TD didn't even know politician 

Frank O'Rourke: Lost his Kildare North seat in the general election in 2020

Frank O'Rourke: Lost his Kildare North seat in the general election in 2020

A man who posted highly damaging personal allegations about a Fianna Fáil TD on Twitter on election day last year has told the Irish Examiner he didn’t even know the politician.

Andrew Cronnolly, of 19 Tamarisk Lawn, Kilnamanagh, Dublin 24, was named in the High Court yesterday as the person responsible for tweeting the allegations on the afternoon of February 8, 2020. 

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