Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O’Neill criticised for missing D-Day commemorations

File pic of Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill. 

File pic of Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill. 

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has been criticised for not attending a major international ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

DUP leader Gavin Robinson also criticised British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for leaving proceedings in France early as “inexplicable”.

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