Sinn Féin's Brian Stanley to address Dáil over controversial tweets on December 15

Sinn Féin TD has written to the Ceann Comhairle to request time to make a full statement to the Dáil on December 15. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley will address the Dáil on the subject of his tweets on December 15. He has written to the ceann comhairle Seán Ó’Fearghaíl to request the time.

A statement from his party's leader Mary Lou McDonald said that Mr Stanley would "take next week to be with his family".