Mary Lou McDonald says she will not ask Conor Murphy to step down over Paul Quinn comments
The Sinn Fein president has said she will not ask Conor Murphy to step down over comments he made about a murder victim.
Read More General Election 2020 The 21-year-old from Cullyhanna in south Armagh was 21 when he was beaten to death by a gang of around a dozen men in a farm shed across the border near Castleblayney, Co Monaghan. Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald said on Wednesday morning she would not be asking Mr Murphy to leave his role."Absolutely not, we just got powersharing up and running, and I believe that everyone concerned is determined to make a success of it.
"That family have been through a horrible ordeal, I mean I can't even imagine, to lose their son in such a brutal way. "Conor's apology is sincere, and I hope the Quinn family take comfort from that and are assured that everybody in every stage are very forceful in saying that the people who took their son's life need to be brought to justice.
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