Michelle O'Neill: Threats against public figures in the North are unacceptable

Michelle O’Neill: “There has been a concerning increase in malicious online harassment, threats and abuse recently directed at public figures." Picture: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA

Michelle O’Neill has branded threats against public figures in Northern Ireland as unacceptable.

Sinn Féin’s vice-president and the Stormont deputy first minister said there can be no place for the malicious harassment online and daubed on walls in Belfast.