Mary Lou McDonald apologises to teen sent inappropriate text messages by Niall Ó Donnghaile

The Sinn Féin leader also corrected the Dáil statement she gave last week where she said the teenager was 17

During her statement last week, Ms McDonald said that the teenager involved in the case was 17, despite the young man confirming that he was only 16 over the weekend.

Mary Lou McDonald has corrected the record of the Dáil and has apologised to the young person at the centre of a controversy involving former senator Niall Ó Donnghaile.

The Sinn Féin leader corrected a Dáil statement she made last week after the teenager involved revealed that he was 16 at the time he received inappropriate messages from Mr Donnghaile, and not 17 as the party had previously claimed.