A Cavan Monaghan TD has refuted claims that Sinn Féin ran a 'kangaroo court' in the case of Brian Stanley.
Laois-Offaly TD Brian Stanley resigned from the party over the weekend, claiming he's been unfairly treated during an internal enquiry. Mary Lou McDonald has confirmed a complaint against him has been passed on to Gardaí, and has referred to Deputy Stanley's comments as "pure deflection". Sinn Féin TD for Cavan Monaghan, Matt Carthy, who's a senior member of the party, says he is not aware of any of the details of the complaint or the findings of a preliminary report.
Speaking on the Joe Finnegan Show, he says there is a process in place and in this case it was followed to the letter.
"To be very clear when Brian met the enquiry panel, he was accompanied by a solicitor and a barrister. Under nobody's definition of a 'kangaroo court' does that fit. I am very satisfied, knowing the processes that were established by the ard chomhairle of Sinn Féin and understanding the processes that have been followed in this case, that we actually had a system that was followed to the letter by the people in the party who were charged with doing that".
