Meanwhile victims campaigner Kenny Donaldson has accused the Sinn Fein candidate of supporting a “warped ideological narrative” – adding that no grievance, whether real or perceived, ever “justified the murder of one neighbour by another”. It comes as the RCN has failed to answer questions from the News Letter and other media outlets in recent days, after its former general secretary did not condemn IRA terror attacks when asked to do so in a BBC interview this week. 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.
UUP candidate Diana Armstrong challenged Pat Cullen in a live debate between the pair on her views on the IRA bombings of Enniskillen and Omagh, saying “I’d like to hear condemnation of those atrocities”. Ms Cullen said “Let’s not go back there. Let's move forward and bring prosperity and hope to the people”.
Jim Allister told the News Letter: “The only thing more shocking that Ms Cullen’s failure to condemn the murder of health care professionals is the failure of the RCN to distance itself from her remarks. “It is a scandalous state of affairs when a body which supposedly advocates on behalf of the nursing profession cannot bring itself to say in the strongest possible terms that blowing up nurses is unacceptable. “Unless and until the RCN finds its voice on this matter its status as an impartial and respected voice for our.