Sinn Féin urged to correct Dáil record on teenager who received senator’s texts

Former senator Niall O Donnghaile quit Sinn Fein (Liam McBurney/PA)

Sinn Féin does not need to correct the Dáil record over a claim by party president Mary Lou McDonald that the teenager who was texted by a former party senator was 17, a TD has said.

The teenager told the Sunday Independent that he was 16 when he received what he described as “inappropriate messages” from Niall Ó Donnghaile last year.