Sinn Féin failed to return security pass of child sex offender Michael McMonagle
Sinn Féin failed to return the Stormont security pass of a former party employee under investigation for sex offences and also did not alert the Assembly authorities to the allegations.
The Assembly Commission, the body that oversees the running of Stormont’s Parliament Buildings, also confirmed it only cancelled Michael McMonagle’s pass this week – more than three years after his initial arrest.
In response, Sinn Féin said the pass should have been revoked when the party suspended press officer McMonagle after learning of the police investigation.
The revelations from the commission emerged as two Stormont ministers questioned Sinn Féin’s failure to alert a charity – which went on to hire McMonagle – that he was subject to a police probe.
The North’s Justice Minister and Alliance party leader Naomi Long and DUP Education Minister Paul Givan both raised concerns about their coalition partner’s handling of the…
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