Election expenses errors down to 'sloppiness', Sinn Féin claims 

The party’s housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin said that Paschal Donohoe’s failure to declare expenses was substantially more serious

Eoin Ó Broin of Sinn Fein said his party’s errors were corrected as soon as they were highlighted. Picture: Damien Storan

Sinn Féin has claimed there is a “world of difference” between its undeclared expenses and the Paschal Donohoe 'poster gate' affair.

The party has also said Mr Donohoe is not owed an apology despite it emerging that there were expenses for events that were undeclared by Sinn Féin.