Former Sinn Féin TD says she felt 'pushed' from the party

Patricia Ryan will continue to serve as an independent TD

Patricia Ryan, who resigned from Sinn Féin, said that she had been 'curtailed' in her social media posts by the party's comhairle ceanntar.

A former Sinn Féin TD says that she felt she was "pushed" from the party and denied that it was anything to do with the prospect of losing a selection convention.

Speaking to the Kildare Today show on Kfm Radio, Patricia Ryan said that she had been "curtailed" in her social media posts by the party's comhairle ceanntar and said that questions to leader Mary Lou McDonald had been "vetted" ahead of a party meeting.