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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Rebecca Black

Michelle O'Neill recalls being 'prayed over' as pregnant 16-year-old at Catholic school

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill has recalled being “prayed over” at the Catholic grammar school she attended when she became pregnant at 16.

While she paid tribute to her form teacher at the time, she said not everyone at St Patrick’s Girls’ Academy in Dungannon, Co Tyrone had been as supportive.

Ms O’Neill also spoke about having had negative experiences with police growing up as the daughter of an ex-republican prisoner.

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