Frank McBrearty jnr loses rag after election defeat

Former mayor of Donegal Frank McBrearty jnr, who was eliminated on the fourth count in Donegal on Saturday night, has taken his election defeat rather badly.

After leaving the count centre before his elimination, he posted on Facebook that the “next bastard that comes to my door will know all about it.”

Mr McBrearty made the comments following reaction to an interview he gave to the Donegal Daily website.

Mr McBrearty, an independent Donegal county councillor who formerly represented Labour, indicated he might be about to quit politics.

“After helping over 8,000 people in 7 years on the council this is how your (sic) rewarded. My vote is down everywhere. When my 3 years are up on the council that’s it,” he said.

Mr McBrearty is son of Frank McBrearty senior who came to prominence through the Morris Tribunal which found that gardaí tried to frame him for the 1996 murder of Richie Barron.

Referring to the case he added on his post, “The Donegal media has us as hero’s (sic) when we exposed Garda corruption. Since I went into politics I have been vilified by certain aspects of the media.

“The next person in the media writes something wrong about me will be sued,” added Mr McBrearty. “I have had enough of people in the media that think they can write what they like about me.”

Mr McBrearty, a publican from Raphoe, Co Donegal, who won 1,914 first preferences, thanked all his “true supporters” who voted for him.