SINN Féin’s Raymond McCartney has called on the DUP to clarify who funded its lavish pro-Brexit advertising campaign.
It was revealed last week that the DUP received over £250,000 in ‘dark cash’ funding from anonymous donors during last year’s EU referendum.
The DUP also took out a full page wrap-around advertisement in the London Metro paper saying it backed Brexit.
But when asked by presenter Mark Carruthers on the BBC’s The View programme, DUP leader said she didn’t know how much the party had received.
Raymond McCartney said: “Revelations that the DUP received huge amounts of money from England to fund its lavish pro-Brexit advertising campaign raise serious questions.
“The DUP took hugely expensive newspaper ads in a London newspaper which is not circulated in the North and DUP campaign material was also used in other British cities where they do not stand for election.
“The DUP need to come clean and clarify who gave them the money and how much they received.
“It is vitally important in the wake of other scandals that the DUP clarify this in order to ensure integrity in the political process.
“There are strict rules around corporate sponsorship and there can be no place for anyone attempting to get around those rules.”
