Headache for Sinn Fein as Brian Stanley confirms he will stand in Laois as Independent in general election
Briefly

"Having been out around the county over the past three weeks, I have been encouraged by countless people, from various backgrounds, to put my name forward as an Independent and who have pledged their support."
"In the recent past, there has been a sustained attempt by a micro group, with their own agenda, to carry out a campaign of character assassination against me. I am prepared to stand on my record of work of over four decades of political activism and let the good people of Laois judge for themselves whether I should represent them in the 34th Dáil."
Read at Irish Independent
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