Gardaí have so far been unable to locate the letter Sinn Féin claims it submitted on Brian Stanley allegation.

In a statement in the Dáil made under privilege, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said that a complaint to the party about Laois-Offaly TD Brian Stanley contains “very, very, serious” allegations.

From the Michael McMonagle controversy to Brian Stanley's resignation, the average person may well wonder when it all started to go wrong.

A complainant against then-Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley was left ‘traumatised and distressed’ by his actions, Mary Lou McDonald has told the Dáil.

The Taoiseach said there was an opportunity in the Dáil on Tuesday for the party ‘to put all the information out on the table for once and for all’.

McDonald also said that a complaint against Brian Stanley relates to his personal behaviour, which left the complainant “traumatised and distressed”.

Niall Ó Donnghaile says police were notified of inappropriate texts but no formal complaint was received.

Brian Stanley accused members of Sinn Féin of orchestrating a ‘character assassination’ against him.

Brian Stanley accused members of Sinn Fein of orchestrating a ‘character assassination’ against him

Stanley claims that during the internal inquiry a “process of character assassination was well underway by a certain party clique”.

Deputy Stanley, a TD for Laois-Offaly and chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), announced he was resigning from the party on Saturday night, blaming a "kangaroo court" internal probe against him over an undisclosed complaint

McDonald said the party did not make the garda referral when it first received the complaint because it had not been of a criminal nature.

David Davis, a senior Conservartive MP, first met the future first minister in 1987 and the pair became close friends despite having differing political views.

A complaint was made against then-Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley at the end of July