Wikipedia:Ted Tynan

Ted Tynan is a councillor on Cork City Council. An author at Worker's Party magazine LookLeft, Tynan first ran for election as an Official Sinn Féin candidate in 1977 and has been elected as a councillor since 2009. In 2021 Tynan (the Worker's Party's sole elected representative) was expelled from the Worker's Party alongside party president Michael Donnelly in at an extraordinary Ard Fhéis. Tynan describes himself as a Socialist. In 2017 Tynan was granted legal costs and a written apology by fellow councillor Terry Shannon after he accused Tynan of being Anti-Semitic. Tynan has engaged in local activism against illegal dumping. Tynan has criticised the Irish government's response to the Corona Virus pandemic. Tynan has previously complained about a lack of response to speed limit violations. In 2016 Tynan established a Book of Condolences for Fidel Castro whose legacy he has praised.