Mary Lou McDonald confirmed that she had written to the young person who had received inappropriate texts to personally apologise to him and his mother
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has apologised for issuing a statement about Niall O Donnghaile’s resignation.
His resignation was announced on December 21, 2023, with two statements from the party stating he was standing down for health reasons. "I would first like to address information which I placed on the Dáil record last week relating to an incident where a Sinn Fein representative sent inappropriate text messages to a young person," she said.
"I have now written to the young person and his mother, offering a full, unequivocal and sincere apology. Ms O'Neill told the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday that party records showed the teenager was 17 when the texts were sent.She added: "What happened to this young person was wrong. Niall O Donnghaile's behaviour was unacceptable and entirely inappropriate and no young person should have experienced that.
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