Election candidate Philip Sutcliffe quits Independent Ireland after it condemned his association with Conor McGregor

Independent Ireland general election candidate Cllr Philip Sutcliffe has quit the party, it has emerged.
Limerick TD Richard O’Donoghue, a co-founder of Independent Ireland, said there was a meeting of the party executive last night.
“Philip was approached. There was to be a further meeting today. Before the second meeting could take place Philip resigned from the party,” he said.
He said the reason was because “Philip does a lot of great work with people in boxing but we do not condone his association with Conor McGregor. It was also reported that he said he wanted to meet Gerard ‘The Monk’ Hutch, and we don’t stand for that either. We work for law and order.”
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Mr Sutcliffe is a candidate in the Dublin South Central constituency. He has been contacted for comment.
It is understood that Mr Sutcliffe will continue in politics as a non-party representative. It is expected he will continue his general election campaign and if elected will take up a seat in Dáil Éireann as a non-party TD.