VELVET REVOLUTIONARY – ANTI-CORRUPTION JOURNALIST PULLS NO PUNCHES IN PRESIDENTIAL PITCH

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The Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael members of Monaghan Co Council found themselves having to defend the reputation and track record of their parties on Monday from a vigorous attack launched on them by Presidential nominee hopeful Gemma O’Doherty. One of two candidates who addressed a special meeting of the Council seeking to secure the members’ nomination to take part in October’s Presidential election, investigative journalist Ms O’Doherty eschewed the diplomatic approach of her fellow petitioner Peter Casey and went straight for the political jugular in the delineation of her…