Mobile phones analysis following deleted WhatsApp messages ‘ongoing’ – O’Neill

First Minister Michelle O’Neill said an analysis of government-issued mobile devices was ‘ongoing’ (Oliver McVeigh/PA)

Analysis of mobile devices used by former Stormont ministers and special advisers during the coronavirus pandemic over the deletion of messages is ongoing, Michelle O’Neill has said.

It emerged at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry in London in December that some WhatsApp messages during the pandemic appear to be lost after government-issued electronic devices were wiped.