The nursing union – the biggest in the UK – has not responded to numerous media queries from the News Letter and other media organisations over recent days. It all follows its former boss and current Sinn Fein election candidate Ms Cullen’s decision not to condemn IRA murders, including those of nurses, when asked to do so by election rival Diana Armstrong during a BBC Radio Ulster debate. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
DUP health spokesman in Westminster Jim Shannon has told the News Letter the RCN shouldn’t sit silent. “Whether it is the failure to address questions from last August about their chief executive’s united Ireland claims or the questions from the last few weeks, these should be answered. The disappearance of the statement relating to the King is bizarre and deserves explanation.
“The RCN represents nurses from all political backgrounds and should be above party politics. “I’ve had numerous meetings with the RCN and have a first-class working relationship and I’d like that to continue,” he said. See also: Advertisement Advertisement Ben Lowry: The lop-sided Troubles death toll in Fermanagh caused by IRA killings is a key reason for Pat Cullen to give her view on such violence Yesterday, the News Letter reported that an article with comments from MsCullen praising King Charles had disappeared from the Royal Colleg.
