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The request is set to be considered next week (Photo: Italian EU Presidency)

Sinn Féin MEPs under pressure

The political maelstrom currently engulfing Sinn Féin, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, in Ireland is now having an effect on the party's two politicians in the European Parliament.

Following complaints by UK MEPs, the European Parliament's legal services department is next week likely to consider a request to strip members of Sinn Féin of their financial allowances, according to the FT.

Sinn Fein has been represented for the first time in the European Parliament s...

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The request is set to be considered next week (Photo: Italian EU Presidency)

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