McAnespy claims Daly pushed her into FF Northern candidacy fiasco

The Omagh councillor who took part in the unauthorised launch of Fianna Fáil’s first election candidate in the North has claimed she was pressured to do it by a senator who was sacked over the matter last week.

Sorcha McAnespy said she was put under “massive pressure” by senator Mark Daly to use her meeting in Omagh last month to launch her candidacy. Fianna Fáil later said the event, which was also attended ...