{"id":44803,"date":"2025-04-23T20:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T20:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/44803\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T20:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T20:56:09","slug":"online-threats-made-against-michelle-oneill-after-easter-speech-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/44803\/","title":{"rendered":"Online threats made against Michelle O\u2019Neill after Easter speech \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Michelle O\u2019Neill has been the victim of online threats after the Sinn F\u00e9in vice-president spoke of \u201cthe end days of partition\u201d at a republican commemoration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The posts appeared in a Facebook called \u2018United Ulsterman Group\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They were published under a posting of a newspaper article about Ms O\u2019Neill speaking at a commemoration in Coalisland, Co Tyrone on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">One person commented: \u201cNever a sniper about when you need one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/well-known-belfast-barber-jay-millar-in-medically-induced-coma-QMAU5WPWVNEN3PBFAD3SIBIZLA\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Well-known Belfast barber Jay Millar in medically induced coma\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745441769_794_3NFOXFCMQNFEHEETEY4WOKLY7I.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/loyalists-mock-death-of-pope-francis-at-apprentice-boys-parade-attended-by-senior-dup-figures-4DXVMZ3FA5CONCQ47NPTBFBIZQ\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Loyalists mock death of Pope Francis at Apprentice Boys parade attended by senior DUP figures\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745441769_764_XEL7ULCHSZEVJD7YDN7SHW2RMA.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In response, another person posted an image of two bullets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The private Facebook group, which contains 11.4k members, describes itself as: \u201cUlster people resisting any form of a so called United Ireland by \u2018using all means which may be found necessary\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The comments come after Ms O\u2019Neill told a crowd at the republican plot in Coalisland that \u201cwe are living in the end days of partition\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">During the speech she honoured \u201cthe sacrifices that were made by those during Easter week of 1916\u201d as well as \u201cevery generation before and since\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cEverybody has a right to respectfully remember their dead,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Stating that republicans were witnessing \u201ca pivotal moment in history\u201d and that a border poll should be held by the end of the decade, she also said: \u201cWe are living in the end days of partition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A Sinn F\u00e9in spokesperson condemned the postings as \u201cintolerance\u201d and \u201cdisrespect\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cAll online abuse and threats are despicable and must be stamped out,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThere can be no place for this abhorrent behaviour in our society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cMichelle O\u2019Neill will not allow these threats to deter her from the important work she is doing in moving our society beyond this type of intolerance and disrespect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A PSNI spokeperson said: \u201cWe do not discuss the security of individuals and no inference should be drawn from this, however we never ignore anything which may put an individual at risk.\u201d <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\n    Full coverage, half price. 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