Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has criticised one of his own TDs for making “unacceptable and inappropriate” comments about a party councillor and other prominent women in a Whatsapp group. Limerick TD Brian Leddin has “apologised” for comments he made about local councillor Elisa O’Donovan, a spokesman for Mr Ryan has told the Irish Examiner. Mr Leddin, who is chair of the Oireachtas Environment and Climate Action Committee apologised on Saturday night for some comments he made in a WhatsApp group he set up four years ago. While Mr Leddin did not make some of the most offensive remarks, he accepts he did not do enough to stop them or counter such comments. Mr Leddin said he regretted his comment about Ms O’Donovan, saying it was “inappropriate” and that he has since apologised to her for it.

Source: Irish Examiner August 29, 2021 21:22 UTC