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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Nicola Donnelly

Green Party official apologises after he tweets jibe about party TD Neasa Hourigan publicly by mistake

The communications director of the Green Party claimed a now deleted tweet that said one of his own party’s TDs was “not a sensible person” was meant for a friend.

Thomas Molloy, who has been the party’s communications director since February, replied to a post by RTE’s Upfront with Katie Hannon Show, and tweeted there was “not one sensible person” on the panel on Monday night.

That was despite Green Party Dublin Central TD Neasa Hourigan being on the panel and identified in the tweet by name and photo.

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