Mary Lou McDonald has apologised for not dealing with remarks made by Conor Murphy about the murder of Paul Quinn years ago
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald spoke to The Candidate Podcast this morning. Image: TheJournal.ie Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald spoke to The Candidate Podcast this morning. Image: TheJournal.ie SINN FÉIN LEADER Mary Lou McDonald has apologised for not dealing with remarks made by party member and now-Northern Ireland minister Conor Murphy about the murder of Paul Quinn years ago.
His family blame members of the IRA, but Sinn Féin has long denied republican involvement in the killing. Murphy apologised yesterday to the family for the remarks. Quinn’s mother Breege has called for him to resign as Minister for Finance at Stormont.Speaking to TheJournal.ie’s general election podcast The Candidate, McDonald said she regrets that it took so long for her party to deal with the matter, acknowledging that the family have been calling for clarity and an apology for many years.
“I hope to speak to Breege directly myself at some stage this afternoon or this evening,” McDonald added. “We have the power sharing government back up and running, not quite four weeks. I mean, it took three years to get to that place. Conor Murphy was central to getting the institutions back up and running, and he has a very, very important job to do. I’m determined that the power of sharing government works for everybody, and that we make real progress and I think that’s the shared intention of everyone around the table.
When asked was it a slip-up on her part for not having found the recording of Murphy’s comments and listened back to it before commenting on the matter in an election debate, McDonald said:
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