Stephen Nolan

PACEMAKER BELFAST 12/12/2019
General Election 2019 Northern Ireland. There are 102 candidates standing for 18 seats. Election count at Meadowbank Sports Arena, Magherafelt, Northern Ireland for Newry & Armagh, South Antrim, North Antrim, Upper Bann, East Londonderry, Foyle, Lagan Valley and Mid Ulster.
Sinn Fein's Elisha McCallion pictured at the count centre in Meadowbank Sports Arena, Magherafelt.
Picture By: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press
29/10/2020
Former Foyle MP Elisha McCallion and two other Sinn Fein officials have resigned over a failure to return money given out by a Stormont emergency Covid fund.
Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald said she apologised for their "failures".
It had emerged that three Sinn Fein offices received £10,000 payments from the fund, which have since been repaid.
MP and MLA constituency offices are ineligible for the scheme.
In a statement, Ms McDonald said she had accepted the resignations of Mrs McCallion, as a senator in the Seanad (Irish Senate), as well as the chair

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