Former TD Kate O’Connell has declared as a “sinister hoax” a social media message purporting to be from her supporters calling on Fine Gael voters to back Ivana Bacik over James Geoghegan in tomorrow’s Dublin Bay South by-election. The message which was circulating in social media groups tonight was quickly dismissed as a fake by Ms O’Connell and senior party sources on the eve of polling. Ms O’Connell, having been alerted to the message by the Irish Examiner, said she was referring the matter to the gardaí. 1 vote to Ivana Bacik tomorrow, and to continue their preferences for Claire Byrne, Deidre Conroy, Sarah Durcan and Lynn Boylan." Polling opens at 7am on Thursday morning and will stay open until 10.30pm and sources within Fine Gael are “worried” that they could be beaten to the post by Labour’s Ivana Bacik, who has performed strongly.

Source: Irish Examiner July 07, 2021 20:26 UTC