A former Sinn Féin student activist who was subject to intense party pressure after criticising a tweet by Brian Stanley has said party representatives have reached out and apologised for her treatment. Christine O’Mahony, a member of UCD Ógra Sinn Féin, resigned from the party after a Sinn Féin member called to her house to demand she delete tweets that were critical of the party. She said she had been concerned for some time that some Sinn Féin supporters on Twitter used homophobic language in their attacks on Mr Varadkar. In the past I will even admit I have defended Sinn Féin when the party’s position seemed indefensible.”Legitimate criticismsThe LGBT officer of the Sinn Féin Ógra branch in UCD has also resigned over the matter. I saw that there was a relatively high percentage of Sinn Féin supporters who supported Donald Trump.

Source: The Irish Times December 07, 2020 03:56 UTC