No charges recommended over ‘Covid breaches’ at Bobby Storey funeral

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald (left) and Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill during the funeral of senior Irish Republican and former leading IRA figure Bobby Storey (Liam McBurney/PA)

Prosecutors in Northern Ireland have not recommended the prosecution of any individuals – including deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill – for alleged breaches of Covid-19 regulations last year at the funeral of a senior republican, Stormont sources have indicated.

Ms O’Neill was among those interviewed by police over the scenes at Bobby Storey’s funeral in west Belfast in June.