Sinn Féin TD apologises for Rosa Parks reference in Covid cert debate

In a tweet published this afternoon, Ms Conway-Walsh said she regrets the reference to Rosa Parks and said she was attempting "to make a wider point about segregating people."

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Higher Education, Rose Conway-Walsh TD made the comparison yesterday afternoon in the Dáil. Picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

A Sinn Féin TD has apologised for comments made in the Dáil yesterday referencing Rosa Parks, the US Civil Rights icon in a debate over proposed indoor dining regulations. 

Rose Conway-Walsh was criticising the Government's plans to introduce domestic Covid-19 certificates to reopen indoor dining when she made the reference.