Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill has apologised for the hurt that was caused by her attendance at the funeral of republican Bobby Storey during the Covid-19 pandemic. "I know that my actions also angered the families and for that I'm truly sorry,” she told the Covid-19 Inquiry. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 I have to say up front and I do want to direct, I'm glad that we're actually able to speak up at this so early on in the evidence because
00:07 there is no doubt that the families themselves have been through an experience that there is no coming back from.
00:13 It's been absolutely horrendous and to lose loved ones
00:16 in a way in which they have has been just absolutely horrendous. I have met some of the families individually.
00:22 I have equally listened to some of the testimony from or the testimony that was offered at the start of the inquiry.
00:29 And no family should ever have to go through what these families have went through. I also know equally that my actions
00:37 compounded the hurt and that horrible experience that those families have been through.
00:41 I also know that my actions also angered the families and for that I'm truly sorry.
00:46 I am sorry for going and I'm sorry for the hurt that's been caused
00:50 after that and I want to make that statement very clear on the record again today.