Peter Robinson challenged over Commons remarks in 2006 that linked businessman Peter Curistan to IRA fundsNorthern Ireland’s first minister,Peter Robinson, is facing a complaint made to the police regarding remarks he made in the Commons approximately a Belfast businessman, and it emerged Thursday night. The Police Service of Northern Ireland is being urged to investigate the remarks made by Robinson when he was an MP nine years ago. They concerned Peter Curistan,whom Robinson claimed, under parliamentary privilege, or was linked to “dirty IRA money”.
Curistan,who built the entertainment centre known as the Odyssey on the banks of the river Lagan in Belfast, has always denied any connection to paramilitaries. The businessman has repeatedly challenged Robinson to repeat the remarks again in public but outside parliament.
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Source: theguardian.com