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.