The announcement yesterday that Sinn Féin MP Barry McElduff had resigned, 10 days after he posted a dreadful, bigoted video on Twitter on the anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre, is as belated as his resignation statement is implausible.

The sole survivor of the Kingsmill massacre said he has been "left hanging by a thread" as a result of the controversy surrounding Barry McElduff.

Sinn Féin MP Barry McElduff has arrived for a meeting with the party leadership to explain a video of him with a Kingsmill-branded loaf on his head on the anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre.

The government has published draft legislation which would allow Gardaí to give evidence to inquests in Northern Ireland.

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