Áras candidate previously said claim by Fine Gael councillor made about time as barrister a ‘cowardly attack’

Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly was questioned about her previous work as a barrister during a visit to the offices of Alone in Dublin. Photo: PA

Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly was questioned about her previous work as a barrister during a visit to the offices of Alone in Dublin. Photo: PA

Eavan Murray and Maeve McTaggart

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O’Reilly’s bar in Salthill faces out towards the choppy waters of Galway Bay, but it was the scene of a stormy exchange that Catherine Connolly described as “a cowardly personal attack”.

The Independent TD was accused by a Fine Gael councillor of representing a bank in repossession cases despite “jumping up and down” about ­housing and homelessness.