Sinn Féin MLA apologises for 'dirty war' comment amid Troubles pension controversy

Sinn Fein's Martina Anderson (right) with deputy leader Michelle O'Neill

Sinn Féin MLA Martina Anderson has issued an apology over a tweet she posted around a pension for those injured in Northern Ireland’s troubled past.

She described the compensation scheme as “mainly for those who fought Britain’s dirty war” before later deleting the tweet.