Evening Tally: Fine Gael silence on Patsy O'Brien expulsion simply not good enough ahead of his election bid

"The curious case of Fine Gael and Patsy O'Brien is one of the stranger political narratives of this election campaign. O'Brien was expelled from Fine Gael four years ago and no one knows why, and strangely no one seems to be interested in finding out why a politician running in the general election was kicked out of the party he represented."

"Simon Harris remarks that he does not know the reasons behind O'Brien's expulsion, suggesting an internal complexity within Fine Gael that may not be transparent to the public."

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