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17/01/2018
Call For 'Meaningful Action' To Be Taken Against Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
A unionist has called for Sinn Fein to take "meaningful action" against MLA Máirtín O'Muilleoir after he retweeted a video posted by Barry McElduff with a Kingsmill loaf on the 42nd anniversary of the massacre.
Ten Protestant workmen were killed in the sectarian shooting in 1976.
Mr McElduff stood down as MP for West Tyrone and issued an apology to the victims of the families.
Ulster Unionist MLA Steve Aiken said Mr O'Muilleoir has escaped censure and has been uncharacteristically quiet in the past week.
He said: "I'm sure the public would like to know just how someone who once liked to style himself as being amongst the 'bright side of the road people' thought it was a good idea to retweet such an offensive video.
"Michelle O'Neill must not think that the departure of Barry McElduff is the end of this matter. If she is remotely interested in 'equality, rights and respect' then she needs to take meaningful action against her South Belfast MLA. Barry McElduff has resigned over the video he created, so what punishment is being applied to Martin O'Muilleoir who chose to retweet it? A mere warning to be 'more responsible' on social media simply will not cut it."
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Ten Protestant workmen were killed in the sectarian shooting in 1976.
Mr McElduff stood down as MP for West Tyrone and issued an apology to the victims of the families.
Ulster Unionist MLA Steve Aiken said Mr O'Muilleoir has escaped censure and has been uncharacteristically quiet in the past week.
He said: "I'm sure the public would like to know just how someone who once liked to style himself as being amongst the 'bright side of the road people' thought it was a good idea to retweet such an offensive video.
"Michelle O'Neill must not think that the departure of Barry McElduff is the end of this matter. If she is remotely interested in 'equality, rights and respect' then she needs to take meaningful action against her South Belfast MLA. Barry McElduff has resigned over the video he created, so what punishment is being applied to Martin O'Muilleoir who chose to retweet it? A mere warning to be 'more responsible' on social media simply will not cut it."
(CD/MH)
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