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Louise Burne

Irish Olympic boxer accuses Mary Lou McDonald of being 'happy to sit back' and allow gangland crime in constituency

Former Olympic boxer Kenneth Egan has accused Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald of being “happy to sit back” and let her constituency “be impacted by gangland crime”.

Mr Egan, now a Fine Gael Councillor, has called on Ms McDonald to donate a €1,000 donation received from convicted gangland criminal Jonathan Dowdall to a community fund.

Mr Dowdall was sentenced to four years in jail for his part in the Regency Hotel shooting in 2016 in October.

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