Mary Lou McDonald has corrected the Dáil record after making an inaccurate remark about the Niall Ó Donnaghaile controversy. Last week, the Sinn Féin President told TDs that the teenager who had received inappropriate messages from the former Senator had been 17 at the time - in fact, he was 16.

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

Niall Ó Donnghaile is a former Belfast-based Sinn Féin senator. He previously served as lord mayor of Belfast from 2011 to 2012 and was a councillor on Belfast City Council from 2011 to 2016.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has apologised for issuing a statement about Niall O Donnghaile's resignation.

MARY LOU MCDONALD has come under increased pressure over the resignation of former Sinn Fein senator Niall Ó Donnghaile and the handling of inappropriate text messages he sent to a teenager. Speaking in the Dáil earlier this week,

The three Coalition leaders have renewed their demand for Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald to clarify her statement to the Dáil last week regarding the resignation of Niall Ó Donnghaile.

Sinn Féin does not need to correct the Dáil record over a claim by party president Mary Lou McDonald that the teenager who was texted by a former