Independent councillor and Independent election candidate in Mayo, Patsy O'Brien has responded to Midwest News a little further on his expulsion from Fine Gael in 2020.
He states that in 2019, 5 years ago, a work related message was sent to a person.
"At the time I was requested to send a photo of a constituent"
He says, "the text was generic and viral at the time and was sent in error by me to a person for which I apologised for".
"The Whatsapp, as sent, was generic and viral at the time and was not of myself. It was brought to my attention some three months afterwards, a lot of texts that are sent in the workplace environment , amounts to workplace banter"
" I am examining all documentations and paper reports that have circulated recently, more importantly the latest Fine Gael statement yesterday and these have now been passed to my legal team".
