Stormont leaders reflect on lockdown anniversary as 174 further Covid cases confirmed

A minute’s silence in the Assembly Chamber at Parliament Buildings in Stormont (Liam McBurney/PA)

Stormont’s leaders conceded they could have handled aspects of the Covid-19 response differently, as they remembered those who have died during the pandemic.

First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill said while ministers in the five-party coalition had clashed at times over lockdown decisions, they all had done what they believed was best for the public.