Bitter dispute between Sinn Féin and Brian Stanley deepens amid conflicting versions of events 

TD and former chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Brian Stanley resigned from Sinn Féin at the weekend saying he had been subjected to a 'kangaroo court' within the party after a complaint was made against him. Picture: PA

A bitter dispute between Sinn Féin and its former TD, Brian Stanley, deepened on Monday night amid conflicting versions of events about internal disciplinary matters and the referral of a complaint to gardaí.

Sinn Féin has said Mr Stanley was told to go to gardaí when he raised matters of concern during an internal inquiry into a complaint made against him.