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A SINN FÉIN councillor in Cork has resigned from the party in the wake of the controversy over bullying in the Cork East constituency organisation.
Fermoy-based June Murphy resigned her membership of the party last night, saying she had found her time in Sinn Féin to be “an increasingly negative experience”.
TheJournal.ie understands that her resignation is related to Sinn Féin’s decision to readmit councillor Melissa Mullane to the party earlier this month after she had earlier been handed a 12-month suspension for “uncomradely behaviour”.
“I have participated wholeheartedly in all party efforts to resolve the aforementioned issues,” Murphy said in a statement this morning.
However, I have now got to the point where I hold no hope of this experience improving in the foreseeable future and it is for that reason that I have taken the decision to leave the party.
The first-time councillor said the decision had not been taken lightly and had been done “after many months of soul searching”.
Sinn Féin claimed the resignation was not related to any political or policy differences with the party and said it was sorry to see her go.
The party has asked Murphy to resign her council seat, but she said she would continue as an independent councillor.
“June Murphy is a very hard working councillor and public representative. We are very sorry to see her go. It is important to note that Cllr Murphy’s resignation is not a result of any political or policy differences with the party,” Sinn Féin said.
Sinn Féin’s Cork East organisation has been plunged into crisis in recent months after allegations of bullying against the sitting TD Sandra McLellan.
Mullane and councillor Kieran McCarthy, who has been expelled from Sinn Féin over the controversy, were both found to have been “uncomradely” towards McLellan and her allies in an internal review.
Murphy is understood to have been a close allay of McLellan’s in the party.
The confidential internal probe, chaired by Cork North Central TD Jonathan O’Brien, found that Mullane had intentionally undermined and marginalised McLellan.
McCarthy was expelled from the party over allegations of bullying against McLellan and alleged financial irregularities within the Cobh cumann.
He denies the allegations.
As the review was taking place, an anonymous blog, ‘An Rebel Óg’, strongly criticised McLellan’s performance as a TD.
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Can’t wait to get my new 142 reg in 5 years time!! Hopefully
Wish I could afford a new car
Paddy, when I saw your comment I must admit that I was overcome with a great sadness, a sadness that caused me to go into convolutions of weeping for over an hour. My condition improved somewhat due to the intervention of some kind neighbours who, on hearing my continuous wailing, banded together in an effort to alleviate my shock. They told me that not being able to afford a new car was not as unusual as one might think. One neighbour told me that he knew of two others who were in a similar position and that they were located within 12 miles of where we were collectively crying. Others suggested that Sheamus the Spoofer might be exaggerating slightly. Anyway, Paddy our hearts go out to you. It was brave of you to admit publicly to your plight. We hope your condition improves soon. God bless you!
Emmmm….thanks? :/
And next year ill still be rolling around in my 99 still not a bother on o
It :) . New cars = to much electrics waaay more to go wronv.
Same as that Grainne,
The oul 06 Nissan van has 352,000km on the clock & she sailed through the test no bother.
A bit more loyalty amongst these fly by nights wouldn’t go amiss, them and their 142 regs!
So so true… Any one selling a 99 reg
Isn’t it just marvellous the way Ireland turns into Wonderland in the last year before elections?
No election next year as far as I know Tony.
Yeah but how many of these cars are working on jobsbridge?
Is this a sign of the ‘great divide’ between ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’?
Good to hear. In about 3 year time when I want to trade up there be a better choice. Wanted to buy a 10 or 11 car earlier this year and there was very few available of that vintage and anything there is was very expensive. Had to import from England in the end.
€951 car tax for my 10 yr old car, subsidising the wealthy who can afford new cars and who pay just €280 per annum for a new equivalent car. Ireland a lobby ridden disgusting place to live.
There are a lot more new cars registered, not sold. Give it a couple of weeks and you will see all the 141 & 142 reg’s on forecourts back from lease. Same old bulls@$t different day.
As soon as you buy and drive the car they are used so strictly speaking there are no new cars on the road.., queue the red thumbs
It just goes to show that there are plenty of people not affected by the economic client. What an unfair society.
Anybody know why they continued on using the ‘ 141 and 142 ‘ on the reg plates and not just revert back to using ’14′ ?
They don’t know themselves., worst idea ever.
Plan was always to stay with the UK model of splitting the year in 2 and spread out the income so that 40% of cars sold in Ireland in 1 year were not all bought in January.
Someone’s already mentioned it as the reason so few used cars being sold. It’s because so few were sold as new in 2010 and 2011. Cannot sell what doesn’t exist.
Regarding VW as number one it’s because of their financing bank based in Germany. Easier to get finance with VW than an Irish bank. What a coup for VW to get ahead in the market by just having a big bank.
Thanks for that
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