Sinn Féin House of Commons allowances restored

SINN FÉIN is to receive around £500,000 (€728,198) in House of Commons allowances after MPs passed a government motion to have them restored.

After a passionate debate at Westminster, MPs gave their approval to the British government’s move as ministers urged them to support Sinn Féin’s efforts to bring republicanism down a path of total peace and democracy.

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain told MPs the restoration of the allowances, which were suspended in March last year over allegations that the IRA was behind the €38 million Northern Bank robbery, was a democratic issue at heart.