A Sinn Féin activist who took a selfie with Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill at funeral of Bobby Storey has been made a councillor for the party in south Dublin.
Sinn Féin co-opted Derren Ó Brádaigh, a taxi driver who lives in Lucan, to the North Clondalkin-Palmerstown-Fonthill local electoral area seat on South Dublin County Council last week following the resignation of Councillor Lisa Kinsella Colman in October.
In June, Mr Ó Brádaigh travelled to Belfast for Mr Storey’s funeral, which was subsequently investigated by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for suspected breaches of Covid-19 health regulations. There was widespread public anger over the scenes at the funeral of Mr Storey, who was a senior IRA figure, on June 30 last.