Aoife Moore: Ex-Sinn Féin TD speaks out about 'psychological warfare' within the party

Violet-Anne Wynne felt all was not well in Sinn Féin even after it nominated her to contest the Clare seat in 2020 — but it started getting even worse after she topped the poll, she says now

Photographed at the Marina in Kilrush, the now Independent TD for Clare, Violet Anne Wynne, says of her former party colleagues in Sinn Féin: 'I almost feel like they were trying to almost mentally break me down'. Picture: Brian Arthur

“You're head office’s problem now.” 

Moments after she was elected as the first Sinn Féin TD for Clare since 1922, these were the words said to Violet-Anne Wynne by a member of her own party.