Humphreys ‘very concerned’ over McDonald comments

Heather Humphreys: 'I was very concerned when I heard the comments from Mary Lou McDonald regarding different degrees of murder. So she was sort of saying that an IRA murder is something different to a gangland murder in Dublin. Picture: Cate McCurry/PA

A Government minister has said she is “very concerned” by Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald’s comments “regarding different degrees of murder”.

Rural Affairs Minister Heather Humphreys described Ms McDonald’s remarks as “terrible”, adding many people had been hurt by them.