No further sanctions for Sinn Féin's Brian Stanley over controversial tweet

Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley TD will address his colleagues on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) when it meets on Wednesday. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley will not face any further sanctions for a controversial tweet he sent celebrating two historical IRA attacks on the British army, Mary-Lou McDonald has said.

The party leadership has moved to strongly defend Brian Stanley with Ms McDonald stating that the tweet, which has since been deleted, was a "once off".