Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she would have attended the funeral of Belfast republican Bobby Storey if she was taoiseach. Mr Storey became involved in the Provisional republican movement from as a teenager, joining the IRA at 16. Asked on Thursday if she would have attended Mr Storey’s funeral if serving as taoiseach, Ms McDonald said: “If I were taoiseach, if I am ever honoured with being in that role and leading a government, of course I would still go to the funerals of people who are friends of mine. After his final release in 1998 he became chairman of Belfast Sinn Féin and later the party’s Six County chairman. Ms McDonald said she would not be calling for her colleague in the North to step aside.

Source: The Irish Times July 02, 2020 17:14 UTC