Stormont Leaders Demand Answers on Marie Anderson's Rehiring

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Stormont leaders are demanding straight answers on how former police ombudsman Marie Anderson

got her job back in 2019, despite claims of, security red flags.

DUP boss Gavin Robinson dropped the bomb, saying she was clear for a top role investigating

cop complaints even though security services had doubts.

And this all went down when the UK government was calling the shots during Stormont's collapse.

First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little Pangoli, both stressed

the need for full transparency from Westminster, calling, outspeculation as unhelpful and

pushing for details on the vetting safeguards.

Robinson once her appointment folded into the Prime Minister's big review on security checks

and Little Pangoli compared it to recent Westminster.

Drama, insisting high-level posts demand ironclad integrity.

The Prime Minister has agreed to include it in that full-ford review, while the Northern

Ireland office digs through records for a quick response, keeping the pressure on for real

clarity amid the sensitive legacy issues.