Sinn Féin has admitted that a racist comment by the party's former local election candidate in Ennis is a setback for the party in the town.
Cathal O'Reilly posted the anti-traveller statement on Facebook in October 2011, and it's re-emergence over the past day has prompted him to resign from the party.
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Cathal O'Reilly says he now wants to move on with his life as a private citizen and is no longer seeking support from Ennis voters, though his name will remain on the ballot paper.
Sinn Fein's spokesperson on Justice, Equality and Defence Pádraig MacLochlainn says it's a blow to the party in Clare.
