Mary Lou McDonald refuses to condemn IRA attacks on security forces in Northern Ireland

“I’m conscious that my job and my mission is to build the peace. That’s why I came into political life,” she said

Mary Lou McDonald: 'If I had written the history of Ireland, I would have written a very different story and nobody would have been hurt or harmed, but I didn’t write the history book.' PA

Mary Lou McDonald has refused to condemn IRA attacks on security forces in Northern Ireland, saying that “refighting battles” does not achieve a lot.

The Sinn Féin leader said if she had written Ireland’s history, it would a “very different story” where no-one would have been hurt or harmed.