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Catherine Connolly. Photo: Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA Wire
A far-right terrorism suspect in a plot to attack a mosque is a Sinn Féin activist.
The man arrested yesterday in a garda investigation into far-right extremism attended a party rally addressed by President Catherine Connolly just six weeks ago.