Robinson rejects €1.5bn Nama payment claims

The North’s first minister Peter Robinson has said that neither he nor his family were in line to benefit from a €1.5bn Nama deal which is now under police investigation.

The DUP leader also said his son, Gareth, had been subjected to a “witch-hunt” over the affair.

The furore broke when Independent TD Mick Wallace told the Dáil that an off-shore account in the Isle of Man containing €9.8m was “reportedly earmarked for a Northern Ireland politician, or political party”.