Michelle O’Neill: Option to extend circuit-break restrictions must remain ‘on the table’

Michelle O’Neill gave her first public appearance after 14 days of self-isolating Picture: Rebecca Black/PA

Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister has warned that a potential extension of the region’s four-week circuit-break lockdown cannot be taken off the table.

Michelle O’Neill, in her first public appearance since coming out of 14 days of self-isolation, said she hoped the Covid-19 virus could be sufficiently suppressed so as to allow restrictions to be lifted on November 13.