Mary Lou McDonald says sorry to youth and his mother for ‘hurt my words caused’ in statement when Niall Ó Donnghaile resigned

Mary Lou McDonald has offered a “full, unequivocal” apology to the teenager sent inappropriate texts by former Sinn Fein senator Niall O Donnghaile.

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

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 will also correct the Dáil record on the young man’s age after it was incorrectly stated he was 17 when he received the texts. He was 16

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Sinn Féin leader tells Dáil that complaint against TD Brian Stanley was ‘serious’ and left complainant ‘traumatised and distressed’

Sinn Fein does not need to correct the Dail record over a claim by party president Mary Lou McDonald that the teenager who was texted by a former party senator was 17, a TD has said.

The Sinn Féin president told the Dáil last week that the young person who complained about inappropriate messages from Niall Ó Donnghaile was 17