Sinn Féin integrity brought into critical focus -Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy convicted

THOUGH Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy was convicted on nine tax charges yesterday his conviction has very important implications that reach far beyond the fate of a 66-year-old farmer from Co Louth.

Those implications take on a particular urgency as an election will be called in a matter of weeks.

The conviction, yet again, brings the credibility of the longest serving political leader in these islands, and by association his party Sinn Féin, into the most critical focus.