A Stormont scrutiny committee has called on the North's Finance Minister to stand aside pending the outcome of a probe into a party colleague's backchannel contact with an inquiry witness.

Stormont's Finance Minister has insisted he knew nothing of a party colleague's controversial contact with a witness to an inquiry into the North's largest ever property deal.

Sinn Féin has suspended a party member after he allegedly made contact with a witness to an inquiry into the North's largest ever property deal.

Sinn Féin has suspended a party member after he allegedly made contact with a witness to an inquiry into the North's largest ever property deal.