Assembly clashes over All-Ireland final aftermath

A row erupted at the Northern Ireland Assembly today between the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Fein over disturbances in Lurgan which followed the Armagh’s historic All-Ireland Final triumph.

Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee chairman Eamonn O’Neill (SDLP, South Down) and John Kelly (Sinn Fein, Mid Ulster) had requested congratulations to be sent to the team and the Derry Minor Football team, which also won an All-Ireland title, on behalf of the Assembly by the Speaker, Lord Alderdice.