McDonald defends tribute to shamed Sinn Fein Senator who sent inappropriate texts as ‘elaborate cover-up’ fury deepens, Mary Lou, the Facts are Topping up, by the Day, the Denials must Stop, People have lost Trust in the party Sinn Fein. A Sinn Fein Senator resigned in disgrace after sending unwanted and inappropriate text messages to two people including a 17-year-old boy, the Dail heard yesterday? Tanaiste Micheal Martin tonight fumed: “It is clear Sinn Fein again failed to tell the truth on a very serious matter and seem to have been involved in a very elaborate cover up.”
She said Sinn Fein did not inform the Oireachtas of the circumstances around his resignation due to concerns around his
