Mick Clifford: Sinn Féin deserves the extra scrutiny it gets from the media

There has been some evolution in Sinn Féin’s cautious advance towards democratic normality but lights need to be shone into the darker recesses of the movement

Sinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O'Neill and leader Mary Lou McDonald outside Stormont in Belfast, speaking to media following a loyalist protest in the city against Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol. Picture: PA

Mary Lou McDonald signalled her support of the role of the media in a democracy on Thursday. 

She was interviewed on radio and television about Sinn Féin’s data information system which has been at the centre of a controversy for a few weeks.