Stormont’s Speaker has backed his deputy Carál Ní Chuilín after the TUV urged him to review a decision by the Sinn Fein MLA during a debate on “accountability and trust” in Stormont last week.

A review , externalhas been published by officials at Stormont into what convicted sex offender Michael McMonagle was paid from the public purse while working for Sinn Féin politicians.

The review found that Michael McMonagle simultaneously held two full-time jobs working for Sinn Féin politicians while also working as a press officer for three months in 2020, including being ...

The review found that Michael McMonagle simultaneously held two full-time jobs working for Sinn Féin politicians while also working as a press officer for three months in 2020, including being ...

Former Sinn Fein press officer Michael McMonagle was jailed last year for sex offences (Liam McBurney/PA) A former Sinn Fein press officer who was later convicted of sex offences misrepresented ...

A review has been published by officials at Stormont into what convicted sex offender Michael McMonagle was paid from the public purse while working for Sinn Féin politicians. It found that he ...

Michael McMonagle simultaneously held two full-time jobs working for Sinn Féin politicians while also working as a party press officer for three months in 2020, it found. Assembly chief executive ...

MLAs have backed a TUV motion which said a Northern Ireland Assembly report into salaries and expenses – prompted by the Michael McMonagle scandal – had ‘muddied the waters’ over rules for how public ...

The review by the Northern Ireland Assembly found Michael McMonagle likely "misrepresented" details of his employment which may have resulted in a "misuse of public money". The matter has since ...

Gordon Lyons said public confidence in Stormont had "taken a hammering" over the Michael McMonagle controversy and Sinn Féin needed to act to ensure trust in the political institutions was restored.

The investigation was sparked by concerns that Michael McMonagle’s double-jobbing as party press officer while at the same time in 2020 working for the then deputy first minister and other ...