Taoiseach spoke as he marked the appointment of Nikki Bradley to the Seanad in place of Regina Doherty
Nikki Bradley,a disability rights campaigner, has been selected by Taoiseach Simon Harris as his nominee to Seanad Éireann. Photograph: Dara Mac DónaillMr McGahon was found not guilty in a criminal trail arising from the incident outside a pub in Dundalk in 2018, but Breen White, a farmer from Castleblaney, Co Monaghan, sued him in the High Court for assault and battery.
He said he was nonetheless satisfied that Mr McGahon was remorseful and gave an undertaking that such an incident would not happen again. Asked why there were seemingly no political consequences for Mr McGahon, Mr Harris said the political consequence will be that the members of Louth Fine Gael and – if selected, voters in Louth – would decide on Mr McGahon’s candidacy with all the facts to hand.He said Mr McGahon had been an “extraordinarily hard-working member of Seanad Éireann” and as a young politician had made a positive contribution to politics.
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