A Donegal county councillor has called on embattled fellow councillor John O’Donnell to resign.
The Standards in Public Office today found that the Kilmacrennan contravened ethics legislation after he appeared on an RTE Investigates programme.
The programme was fronted by a fake reporter who pretended to be working for an energy company seeking political lobbying for a windfarm to be placed in Donegal.
Now Cllr Micheal Mac Giolla Easbuig says the finding by SIPO means that Cllr O’Donnell must go.
He said “The report from Standards in Public Office today finding that John O’Donnell contravened Ethics legislation by seeking to be paid by an undercover reporter confirms what the public knew all along.
“Also it vindicates the position I took at the time calling on O’Donnell to resign.
“I wonder how those Cllrs who blocked us at the time from removing him from positions of influence will stand over their vote now?
“I call again on Cllr. O’Donnell to do the decent thing and resign immediately.”