O’Neill apologises to families of IRA campaign against alleged informers

First Minister Michelle O’Neill said ‘we must never forget those who have died or been injured and their families’ (Liam McBurney/PA)

Republicans cannot disown the suffering they caused during the conflict in Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin’s vice president has said, as she apologised to the families of alleged informers killed by the IRA.

First Minister Michelle O’Neill was speaking in her position with Sinn Féin amid calls for republican leadership to apologise for the crimes of the IRA’s internal security unit (ISU).