Taoiseach Micheal Martin backs Grainne Seoige over election abuse and 'parachute' claims
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Taoiseach Micheal Martin backs Grainne Seoige over election abuse and 'parachute' claims
"The Taoiseach has backed Gráinne Seoige over her insistence to the Sunday Independent that she was not a "parachute" candidate imposed by him or Fianna Fáil headquarters."
"Micheál Martin also expressed sympathy after reading her revelation that she had been the target of a faked pornographic image that Ms Seoige complained about to gardaí."
Micheál Martin backed Gráinne Seoige's insistence that she was not a 'parachute' candidate imposed by him or Fianna Fáil headquarters. He expressed sympathy after learning that she had been targeted with a faked pornographic image. Seoige complained about the manipulated image to gardaí. The backing addressed concerns about candidate imposition within Fianna Fáil and potential political fallout from the allegations. The revelation of the falsified image highlighted the personal and reputational harms faced by public figures. Authorities received a complaint, and the incident underscored issues of online manipulation, privacy violations and challenges in policing digitally altered abusive content.
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