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."

"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."

The woman convicted of gun offences was employed in Catherine Connolly's Dáil office in January 2019. She attended the ard fheis of Éirígí in that same month. An image shows Ursula Ní Shionnáin attending the organisation's annual conference. Éirígí is a group that states it has "no loyalty" to the State, advocates a "new Republic", and opposes the peace process. The presidential candidate said she was satisfied the woman had left the organisation before being hired. The timing links the woman's attendance at Éirígí with her employment in the Dáil office in January 2019.

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