Sinn Féin criticised over plan to host its own Ballyseedy massacre commemoration

Eight young anti-treaty volunteers were tied around a mine and blown up in March 1923 in the massacre

Paudie Fuller (pictured) son of Stephen Fuller, the only survivor of the blast, said that he will attend the official event but not the Sinn Féin one. Photo: Domnick Walsh

Sinn Féin has been criticised for its plans to hold its own commemoration at the site of one of the worst massacres of the Civil War.

The party moved to host its own event when it was informed the official commemoration of the Ballyseedy massacre in Co. Kerry would be non-political when it takes place on March 5.