Previously the presidential candidate insisted she was satisfied the woman had left the organisation before being hired
Presidential Candidate Catherine Connolly at the Custom House, Dublin. Photo: Stephen Collins
Kevin Galvin and Eavan Murray
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The woman convicted of gun offences, and who was employed in Catherine Connolly’s Dáil office in January 2019, attended the ard fheis of Éirígí that same month.
The Irish Independent has seen an image that shows Ursula Ní Shionnáin attending the annual conference of the organisation – a group that has “no loyalty” to the State, which advocates a “new Republic” and which opposes the peace process.