Taoiseach calls Karen Bradley's comments 'insensitive and wrong' as she apologises

Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley has said she is "profoundly sorry" for "deeply insensitive" comments she made yesterday suggesting that deaths caused by soldiers and police during the Troubles were not crimes.

Taoiseach calls Karen Bradley's comments 'insensitive and wrong' as she apologises

Latest: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that Karen Bradley's comments were insensitive and wrong.

It comes after the Northern Ireland Secretary apologised for the "offence and hurt" caused after she suggested deaths caused by British soldiers and police during the Troubles were not crimes.

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