Emma DeSouza: Michelle O'Neill had little choice but to give apology over Storey funeral

First minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill leaves the Clayton Hotel in Belfast after giving evidence to the UK covid-19 inquiry hearing.

Michelle O’Neill's apology for the "hurt caused" by her attendance at the funeral of republican Bobby Storey at the height of covid-19 pandemic restrictions was one that she had little choice to give.

But for citizens who were denied their opportunity to mark the death of their loved ones, it’s an apology that may have come too late.