Sinn Féin leader in North defends attendance at IRA commemoration

Sinn Féin’s leader in Northern Ireland Michelle O’Neill has urged those who were angered by her attendance at an IRA commemoration to understand that she has a different perspective on the past.

Sinn Féin’s leader in Northern Ireland Michelle O’Neill has urged those who were angered by her attendance at an IRA commemoration to understand that she has a different perspective on the past.

She said that forging reconciliation relied not on everyone agreeing to the same narrative of the Troubles, but on people respecting that different opinions on the conflict will always exist.