Michelle O'Neill apologises for attending Bobby Storey's funeral

- including then-Deputy First Minister Michelle O’ Neill , Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald and Gerry Adams.File photo of a crowd listening to former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams speak during the funeral of Bobby Storey in March 2021. Picture by: Liam McBurney/PA Wire/PA Images

Under questioning at the UK Covid Inquiry today, the First Minister apologised to those who were upset by her actions.“I also know equally that my actions compounded the hurt and that horrible experience that those families went through.“I am sorry for going and I am sorry for the hurt that’s been caused after that and I want to make that statement very clear on the record again today.”PSNI decided not to take action against mourners at the funeral.

Main image: Michelle O'Neill during the funeral of Bobby Storey at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast, 01-07-2020. Image: Liam McBurney/PA Wire/PA Images

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