Michelle O’Neill ‘accepts’ she should have kept WhatsApp data for Covid inquiry

First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill arriving at the Clayton Hotel in Belfast to give evidence to the UK Covid-19 inquiry hearing on Tuesday

Stormont First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said she accepts she should have kept WhatsApp exchanges for the Covid-19 Inquiry rather than wiping her phone.

The inquiry previously heard that a number of government-issued devices allocated to ministers were reset.