Death threats over McArdle role

Death threats have been issued to Sinn Féin members linked to the controversial appointment of an IRA killer to the role of ministerial adviser at Stormont, the party has announced.

The newly appointed adviser Mary McArdle, the minister herself Caral Ní Chuilín, north Belfast MLA Gerry Kelly and staff at the party’s offices in the north of the city have all been threatened by a group calling themselves the Orange Volunteers.