Bobby Storey is one of those people about whom some things simultaneously can be true and untrue. Expand Close Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald (left) and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill during the funeral of senior Irish Republican Bobby Storey in west Belfast. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire PA / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald (left) and Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill during the funeral of senior Irish Republican Bobby Storey in west Belfast. Expand Close Bobby Storey (left) and former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams PA / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Bobby Storey (left) and former Sinn Fein president Gerry AdamsNevertheless, the IRA became fiendishly adept at violence and Sinn Féin remains reluctant to apologise for its part in the death toll. Republican funeral displays may be traditional, but in a post-conflict society the time has come to give them up.

Source: Irish Independent July 03, 2020 16:30 UTC