Sinn Féin press officers resign following job references for sex offender

Two Sinn Féin property officers person resigned aft providing references for a erstwhile workfellow who was aboriginal convicted of enactment offences.

Seán Mag Uidhir and Caolán McGinley discontinue astatine the play conscionable days aft it emerged the brace had fixed references for erstwhile Sinn Féin property officer, Michael McMonagle.

McMonagle, from Limewood Street successful Londonderry, admitted successful September a bid of offences, including attempting to incite a kid to prosecute successful intersexual activity.

He is owed to beryllium sentenced successful November.

According to Sinn Féin, the enactment references were provided 3 months aft McMonagle was dismissed from the enactment portion nether investigation.

“Both provided these references without clearance from Sinn Féin. That was unacceptable and wrong," the enactment spokesperson stated.

“The references were not provided by, oregon connected behalf of Sinn Féin.

“Permission was not sought, nor would it person been fixed from the enactment for the proviso of these references oregon their content.

“In presumption of the superior quality of this revelation, Sinn Féin undertook an contiguous interior process.

“Before this process concluded, some property officers resigned from their positions and enactment rank with contiguous effect."

There has been nary remark from Seán Mag Uidhir oregon Caolán McGinley.

A erstwhile enactment prisoner, Seán Mag Uidhir, had been a elder fig wrong the enactment and antecedently worked for the Republican paper An Phoblacht.