The DUP’s Gregory Campbell has claimed Michelle O’Neill’s leadership has caused a new generation to grow up to “romanticise the campaign of shooting and bombing”.
The MP made the comments after a LucidTalk poll showed that nearly seven in 10 nationalist voters agreed with comments by Sinn Fein vice president Ms O’Neill that there was “no alterative” to IRA violence during Northern Ireland’s troubled past.
The opinion poll found that 69% of respondents from the nationalist and republican community believe “violent resistance to British rule during the Troubles ” was the only option.
