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

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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 ...