At a meeting of the Policing Board on Thursday, DUP MLA Trevor Clarke asked PSNI chief Jon Boutcher if the police had provided Sinn Fein with any information highlighting their potential responsibility to consider forwarding information shared with them in relation to the McMonagle case".

Sinn Féin claimed telling a charity about Michael McMonagle would have prejudiced a police investigation.

Two Sinn Féin press officers gave references to the British Heart Foundation on behalf of a former colleague who was subsequently convicted of child sex offences

Seán Mag Uidhir and Caolán McGinley quit after it emerged the pair had given references for former Sinn Féin press officer Michael McMonagle who later pleaded guilty to a series of child sex offences.

Seán Mag Uidhir and Caolán McGinley had given references for a former colleague who was later convicted of sexual offences.

Seán Mag Uidhir and Caolán McGinley quit after it emerged the pair had given references for former Sinn Féin press officer Michael McMonagle who pleaded guilty to a series of child sex offences.