Taoiseach Simon Harris calls on Mary Lou McDonald to answer questions about press officer controversy
is facing increasing pressure to answer questions around references provided for a former employee who was under police investigation, and was subsequently convicted of child sex offences.said it was “deeply worrying” revelation that two former Sinn Féin press officers provided references for a former employee under investigation for a series of sexual offences, including attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity.
Last month, former Sinn Féin press officer Michael McMonagle from Limewood Street, Derry, admitted a series of offences, including attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity. “If this happened in any other political party or any other organisation, what do you think deputy Mary Lou McDonald would say? What do you think she’d say when she took to her feet in Dáil Éireann? What do you think she’d say when she stood in front of a microphone like this?
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