Sinn Fein admits ‘banker video’ error

Sinn Féin have been caught out in an election video in which they claimed a “concerned citizen” was the brother of a former Fine Gael TD.

Former Cavan/Monaghan politician Seymour Crawford has accused the party of attempting to defame him and Fine Gael by claiming a man who challenged Mary Lou McDonald on a street in Dublin was his brother.

In the video, entitled Mary Lou versus the banker. Which side are you on?, Sinn Fein claimed the “concerned citizen” who hit out at the party’s pensions policy was a sibling of Mr Crawford. Last night in a statement Sinn Fein admitted “we incorrectly took the information from media reports. We immediately removed it and apologise for any offence”.