Row about Sinn Féin TD's wife being only nominee for vacant council seat

Angela Donnelly, the wife of Sinn Féin TD Paul Donnelly, is the only nominee for a vacant seat on Fingal County Council

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin-West Paul Donnelly has refuted any allegations of nepotism or orchestrating plans that his partner could take the role on Fingal County Council. File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

A row has broken out in Dublin-West Sinn Féin over the nomination of a TD's wife as the only candidate for a vacant seat on Fingal County Council.

A convention is to be held on Friday evening to replace Aaron Ó Ruairc, who resigned from his role as a councillor in December. The only candidate put forward for the convention is Angela Donnelly, wife of TD Paul Donnelly.