Fine Gael complaint to RTÉ about Labour's Ivana Bacik is 'sour grapes', says Social Democrats

Dublin Bay South by-election has been billed as a race between Labour and Fine Gael, something Social Democrats candidate Sarah Durcan rejects.

Social Democrats by-election candidate Sarah Durcan: 'I think Fine Gael have been well able to pay for an awful lot of airtime all over the city.' Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Fine Gael's complaint to RTÉ about Ivana Bacik has been dismissed as "sour grapes" by Social Democrats by-election candidate Sarah Durcan.

Fine Gael has complained to the State broadcaster that Labour Party candidate Ms Bacik appeared in a non-political show discussing her Czech grandfather, founder of the Waterford Crystal factory, on Sunday evening, alleging it would give her an advantage in Thursday's Dublin Bay South by-election.