MacSharry calls for Garda probe into Sinn Féin research methods

The Fianna Fáil TD claims they have proof of the opposition party "telling, encouraging and training personnel on how to lie".

Marc MacSharry: "In politics, we're used to tackling people on one another's policies, and certainly that's not difficult when it comes to Sinn Féin's Toytown economic policies." File photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Marc MacSharry says the "gardaí should be consulted" over reports that Sinn Féin told members to pretend to be a fake research company to carry out polling.

Reports released in the media this morning state that an internal training manual gave activists "detailed instructions" on how to pose as researchers working for a polling company to question voters.