"Catherine Connolly sought to hire former member for job in Dáil office"
"Socialist republican party Éirígí has been in the headlines in recent days after it was revealed Independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly sought to hire a former member convicted of firearms offences as a Leinster House staffer."
"Ursula Ní Shionnáin was jailed by the Special Criminal Court after she and three men had been arrested with guns and ammunition in a stolen van in November 2012."
Independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly sought to hire a former member of the socialist republican party Éirígí for a job in her Dáil office. Éirígí has been in the headlines in recent days after the hiring attempt became public. The former member, Ursula Ní Shionnáin, was convicted of firearms offences. Ní Shionnáin was jailed by the Special Criminal Court after she and three men were arrested with guns and ammunition in a stolen van in November 2012. The hiring revelation connected Connolly to controversy related to Éirígí and the past convictions of a former member.
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