Comments on Lord Mountbatten not a change of position, insists Mary Lou McDonald

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald outside Stormont in Belfast (Niall Carson/PA)

Sinn Féin’s leader has insisted her comments on the murder of Lord Mountbatten did not mark a change in position of expressing sorrow for all deaths during the Troubles.

Mary Lou McDonald said comments during an interview with Times Radio on Sunday were a reiteration of her “sorry and sadness” for all deaths and injuries inflicted during the Northern Ireland conflict.