Sinn Fein leadership to meet Barry McElduff

Sinn Fein has confirmed that its leadership will meet under-fire MP Barry McElduff on Monday.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Jan 2018, 18:41 BST
Updated 7th Jan 2018, 18:48 BST
Sinn Fein's Barry McElduffSinn Fein's Barry McElduff
Sinn Fein's Barry McElduff

In a short statement issued to the News Letter on Sunday evening, the party confirmed the meeting with the West Tyrone MP.

A Sinn Féin spokespserson said: “The party leadership will be meeting with Barry McElduff tomorrow.”

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It also emerged that an online petition calling for Mr McElduff to go as MP has now attracted more than 17,000 signatures.

A video grab taken from the Twitter feed of Sinn Fein MP Barry McElduff showing him with a Kingsmill-branded loaf on his head on the anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre.A video grab taken from the Twitter feed of Sinn Fein MP Barry McElduff showing him with a Kingsmill-branded loaf on his head on the anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre.
A video grab taken from the Twitter feed of Sinn Fein MP Barry McElduff showing him with a Kingsmill-branded loaf on his head on the anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre.

Mr McElduff has apologised after posting a video on Twitter of himself with a Kingsmill bread loaf on his head on the anniversary of the atrocity in which 10 Protestant workmen were murdered by the IRA in south Armagh.

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