Michelle O'Neill 'sorry' for hurt caused by attendance of Bobby Storey funeral

Michelle O'Neill 'sorry' for hurt caused by attendance of Bobby Storey funeral

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and then-deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill during the funeral of Bobby Storey in June 2020. 

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has apologised for attending a large-scale funeral during the coronavirus lockdown.

The then-deputy First Minister and a number of Sinn Fein ministers attended the funeral of senior republican Bobby Storey in west Belfast in June 2020 when there were restrictions on social gatherings.

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