Sinn Féin seeks probe of DUP role in scheme

Sinn Féin wants an urgent independent investigation into the role played by their Democratic Unionist part-ners in government in a botched green energy scheme.

Conor Murphy, a Sinn Féin Assembly member, says a public inquiry should be one of the options considered to find out what went wrong with an eco-friendly initiative that has left Stormont facing an estimated £400m overspend.

The intervention by the DUP’s coalition partner in the Stormont Executive came after DUP leader and First Minister Arlene Foster said sorry for not implementing cost controls in the ill-fated Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).