Red flags, with Kathleen Funchion

The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast · Feb 17, 2026 · 45m

“I suppose from early on there was red flags that I didn't want to see, if I'm being perfectly honest,” says MEP Kathleen Funchion of her relationship with Sean Tyrell, who yesterday lost an appeal against the sentence he received for offences under Section 4 of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020, also known as Coco’s Law.The appeal refusal and increase in Tyrell’s sentence for sending malicious and defamatory messages about his then partner marks the end of a three and a half year legal process for the Sinn Fein MEP, whose relationship with Tyrell began in…