O’Neill hopes attendance at PSNI graduation encourages more nationalists to join

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill (PA)

Stormont First Minister Michelle O’Neill has expressed the hope that her attendance at a PSNI graduation ceremony will encourage more nationalists to join the police in Northern Ireland.

Ms O’Neill said she believed it was the “right juncture” in the region’s “policing journey” for Sinn Fein to be represented at an attestation event for new recruits for the first time.