Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty says the decision was made in the context of someone who had been through a mental health crisis.
Pearse Doherty said that he accepts that "full information" around Niall Ó Donnghaile's resignation was not providednot to reveal that Mr Ó Donnghaile had been suspended for sending inappropriate texts to a teenage boy when he stepped down last year.
However he added: “Mr Ó Donnghaile faced the full rigours of the party and the matter was referred to the PSNI as soon as it was established that the complainant was under the age of 18.Former Irish Labour senator Máiría Cahill has said McDonald hid behind the "excuse of mental health".
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