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Doherty defends attendance at former IRA member ‘Bik’ McFarlane's funeral

The senior Sinn Féin politician said it is important for people to have a ‘right to remember their dead’.



Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty defended his attendance at former IRA member Brendan "Bik" McFarlane's funeral, stating people have a "right to remember their dead" and McFarlane was his friend. Former Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan criticized the attendance, citing McFarlane's involvement in sectarian crimes and Sinn Féin's "distance" from the rule of law.

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