Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill Image: Liam McBurney via PA Images Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill Image: Liam McBurney via PA Images THE DUP HAS called for Michelle O’Neill to step aside as Stormont Deputy First Minister over her attendance at senior IRA figure Bobby Storey’s funeral that drew hundreds of people on to the streets.
The DUP’s Westminster leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson indicated Foster would not appear alongside O’Neill for today’s scheduled press conference on the coronavirus emergency. The law on these matters is clear and what happened at that funeral has sent out a very, very bad message to people in Northern Ireland. He told BBC Radio Ulster: “In light of the failure of Sinn Féin yesterday to grasp the opportunity to apologise, it is our view that the Deputy First Minister must now step back from her role while these matters are investigated by the PSNI.
“I don’t want to comment on a funeral because ultimately it was a funeral and I think we need to respect that, but I do think there was a huge contrast that we saw last Saturday where the Taoiseach Michéal Martin became Taoiseach and his family could not travel from Cork to be with him, in contrast Michelle O’Neill turned up for a photo-op,” Varadkar said.
Earlier today, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood also called for O’Neill to step aside and allow her actions to be examined by Assembly standards authorities. “I don’t want any more instability, I argued for three years for the Assembly to come back, but equally I don’t think that anybody should be above the law.
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