Questions have been mounting on Sinn Féin this week over their handling of the case.
The British Heart Foundation has said it told a senior Sinn Féin official that two of its press officers had provided references for Michael McMonagle in August 2023.
“No one was informed, no permission was sought, no advice was sought in relation to dealing with it,” he told BBC News NI. A spokesperson from the British Heart Foundation said it has "robust recruitment and safeguarding processes".Mr McMonagle had worked for Sinn Féin for around seven years, first as a policy advisor at Stormont and later as a press officer in the North West until his arrest in 2021, after which his employment with the party ended.
after it emerged that they had provided the references without clearance from the party, who condemned their actions.
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