Sinn Féin members ‘did not cooperate with abuse probe’
Findings revealed in Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland’s inquiry into how Máiría Cahill’s sexual abuse case was handled by the PSNI; Mary Lou McDonald rejected Cahill’s claim that party had not helped with police inquiries
Sinn Féin members interviewed as part of the Máiría Cahill abuse investigation did not cooperate with police - contradicting repeated claims by party leader Mary Lou McDonald that they did.
McDonald has described Cahill’s claims of non-cooperation by Sinn Féin members as a “falsehood” and a “slur”. But the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland’s inquiry into how Cahill’s case was handled by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) discloses one detective as ...