Fine Gael candidate for Carlow/Kilkenny says Sinn Féin donation is “immoral and unethical”

Fine Gael general election candidate for Carlow/Kilkenny has criticised Sinn Féin for accepting a large donation from a Kilkenny man in his will.

The late Michael Dollard named the Sinn Féin headquarters in Dublin as the beneficiary of nearly €44,000 he had left to the Party.

The Irish Independant reports that Sinn Fein used a legal loophole to accept the money in Northern Ireland to avoid laws in the Republic.

Irish electoral law forbids political parties from accepting donations from a single donor totalling more than €2,500.

Carlow/Kilkenny FG candidate Catherine Callaghan has accused Sinn Féin of been partitionist when it comes to party donations.

You can listen back to her interview on The KCLR Daily earlier today.