a little local difficulty

Cork Sinn Féin party whip: “Nobody wants to lose a councillor.”

Pete Baker on November 14, 2015, 8:11 pm23 Comments | Readers 1692

If losing one councillor may be regarded as a misfortune, and two carelessness, then three looks like… [Wilfulness? – Ed] Perhaps… But if Sinn Féin thought they had drawn a line under their little local difficulty in Cork when the party’s sitting TD Sandra McLellan announced she would not be standing in the next General Election, they might have to think again. The Irish Examiner reports that Glanmire-based Cobh Councillor Ger Keohane has informed Cork Council Council and Sinn Féin party headquarters that he, too, …

Sinn Féin’s Sandra McLellan Standing Down in East Cork

Pete Baker on October 11, 2015, 1:51 pm15 Comments | Readers 987

When Sandra McLellan’s reported local party ally, Cllr June Murphy, resigned from Sinn Féin in September, citing her “increasingly negative experience” in the party, over that little local difficulty in East Cork, I wondered whether the party would continue to back their East Cork TD. Facing a new re-selection contest in the constituency, the party’s sitting TD has announced that she is withdrawing from the fray. From the RTÉ report Sinn Féin has confirmed that the party’s TD Sandra McLellan has decided not to contest …

Cork SF Cllr June Murphy: “I have found my time in the party to be an increasingly negative experience.”

Pete Baker on September 26, 2015, 2:25 pm17 Comments | Readers 1735

Sinn Féin’s little local difficulty in East Cork continues with the resignation, from the party, of Cork county councillor June Murphy – who represents the Fermoy electoral area. [Is the constituency organisation still suspended? – Ed] Good question… Described in a Journal.ie report as “a close [ally] of [Cork East TD Sandra] McLellan’s in the party”, the Evening Echo quotes Cllr Murphy Cllr Murphy said: “As most people will be aware there have been some issues within the Sinn Fein party …