{"id":69853,"date":"2025-10-09T16:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/69853\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:29:09","slug":"connolly-clarifies-she-would-not-hire-a-sex-offender-as-fine-gael-rounds-on-comments-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/69853\/","title":{"rendered":"Connolly clarifies she would not hire a sex offender as Fine Gael rounds on comments &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNY3N5Qmk5Zm4zaF9LdTVYQWFmR0Y1NURkSEEzYXVfR1d5RU5qZVIzcnJPbEJwemM5dTRFZG9GNWVUWE12NU54N1pSeURTN2xzVXJybHpCQTBsVjA3S2JlRmdQOTU0UUpxcFNIRWVuNkhsVFRJb0c5azFBQk52OGROVGJFSEZ1R3M1d3JackpKdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Connolly clarifies she would not hire a sex offender as Fine Gael rounds on comments<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxQbWQ1X29ERUZuQ2E4MDMzOHBRdHBKSU5OWHo4WG02dG5rdzBuRWUtc2JoZkN0RXdlSUQ5R0ZIYzRocU1BRVRnZUItVmRoS2JhWERJYmhvLUF3SExNMzJpM0JtN1N6MGxlZmkxeEhhZDNPaWN5QW16QjNsRG9rc0wyZ2RPVkVQYk94bmxVTDlFTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Connolly says Fine Gael scared of her campaign momentum<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxNSDZEMUlIV3FOcjZwbTU4eWZIN3VGdzRaQjA4a2U2VGVyM3BPVzFDUFdlMzd3Qk9BM0syU2dZRjBmM1AzdWtiOThxSl9vMTJXeVhRRkV0aDdKNUpmaFVVcGxMVUFDRUZacktvRzJHYmRmTHBQNUpuSElacm9fUkdpLVhraHlHZlZaZEFaRjR5ekRqeE1zUlVUMGZsZERCbDNvRU1VY3RpUHIxSGJMdTB0dFhiNnowVVJYSFB6NFFlUWQ2M2YtVE00OUFR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Catherine Connolly \u2018broke rules\u2019 over former Eirig\u00ed member, says Minister for Justice<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwJBVV95cUxOalliR21KQ1V4OE1SQVUzYlQ0SUJqTm0wNlZSRVA1dzM3eG9EeWJ5dmQ4c19oNS02ZUdidkVjbG80ek1CSzdXQ2RLbDhQM2NGM2RiYVY0Q3JlYTBQOXRybDV0c1J1bHV1QlVlNWlldmd6OWVNdWIzcVpzNmxCTHp1c2czYlFhQU9OZVpZd19nT18zaXF4MkhhbG5oU2Qta1pneUtrUXF1V0Y3SWd3M1I3WUZmY3lmLVhkd19zZ1Mybmk5ZjhhRlFmM1pvVjQ5Ty1XNVJZYzQ4TVdlZlNaNjl5eXpmMDRUcUZfSm9XeDY0Ui1BTEcydk96Z3h5V0dDWlBveVpZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018I\u2019d have to think about it\u2019 \u2013 Catherine Connolly responds to question on whether she would employ convicted rapist in \u00c1ras<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTE42RlNkLXRPb1MxRmMtZ2Y0M2dYMGtjUmx4ZVpyc2thY2NFV1JBdm1pWGl3Mk94SnFmNENtQWxZdGhOSGMyNTl0cmlNeDRRcmFUTWQ4NDRHaVZYU01SMDVuQXlVTTZtTVBtTDFIVUxPUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Catherine Connolly clarifies she would not hire someone on the sex offenders list<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Connolly clarifies she would not hire a sex offender as Fine Gael rounds on comments&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalConnolly says Fine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3929,1550,3656,42,2044,43,978,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-69853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-aras-2025","tag-aras25","tag-catherine-connolly","tag-headlines","tag-heather-humphreys","tag-news","tag-presidential-election","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}