Irish Times ✒ Woman asked to remove social media posts criticising tweets by TD Brian Stanley.
 
Jennifer Bray

A Sinn Féin member has resigned from the party saying she was told not to discuss internal issues in public and after a party member called to her house to ask her to delete recent critical tweets.

Christine O’Mahony (22), from Co Meath, said she has left the party in light of the controversy surrounding Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley, who said he had nothing to apologise for over a 2017 tweet about Leo Varadkar.

In that message, the now-head of the Public Accounts Committee wrote: “yippee 4 d tory. it’s Leo. U can do what u like in bed but don’t look 4 a pay rise the next morning.”

Ms O’Mahony criticised this online and said she encountered significant pushback from the party.

She received messages from other members of Ógra Sinn Féin stating that a cornerstone of the functioning of the party was to have discussions that were kept internal and that adhered to the principles of “democratic centralism”. 

She was told that “going after” the party would only serve Sinn Féin detractors.  

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Sinn Féin Member Resigns Amid Claims Party Is Trying To ‘Silence’ Her

Irish Times ✒ Woman asked to remove social media posts criticising tweets by TD Brian Stanley.
 
Jennifer Bray

A Sinn Féin member has resigned from the party saying she was told not to discuss internal issues in public and after a party member called to her house to ask her to delete recent critical tweets.

Christine O’Mahony (22), from Co Meath, said she has left the party in light of the controversy surrounding Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley, who said he had nothing to apologise for over a 2017 tweet about Leo Varadkar.

In that message, the now-head of the Public Accounts Committee wrote: “yippee 4 d tory. it’s Leo. U can do what u like in bed but don’t look 4 a pay rise the next morning.”

Ms O’Mahony criticised this online and said she encountered significant pushback from the party.

She received messages from other members of Ógra Sinn Féin stating that a cornerstone of the functioning of the party was to have discussions that were kept internal and that adhered to the principles of “democratic centralism”. 

She was told that “going after” the party would only serve Sinn Féin detractors.  

Continue reading @ Irish Times.

3 comments:

  1. How long before this lassie is slandered as an alcoholic, drug addict or tout?

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  2. Politics, shit and cream, sounds like a xmass dream. This is a normal attack, Float above this.

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