Gun convict Ursula Ni Shionnain was at Eirigi event in same month she took job in Catherine Connolly's Dail office

"Previously the presidential candidate insisted she was satisfied the woman had left the organisation before being hired"

"The woman convicted of gun offences, and who was employed in Catherine Connolly's Dáil office in January 2019, attended the ard fheis of Éirígí that same month."

"The Irish Independent has seen an image that shows Ursula Ní Shionnáin attending the annual conference of the organisation - a group that has "no loyalty" to the State, which advocates a "new Republic" and which opposes the peace process."

A woman convicted of gun offences was employed in Catherine Connolly's Dáil office in January 2019 and attended the Éirígí ard fheis that same month. An image shows Ursula Ní Shionnáin at the annual conference of Éirígí, an organisation described as having 'no loyalty' to the State, advocating a 'new Republic' and opposing the peace process. The presidential candidate previously insisted she was satisfied the woman had left the organisation before being hired. The image provides contemporaneous evidence of attendance at Éirígí activities during the period of employment in the Dáil office.

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