"It was then my understanding that the young person was 17 years of age because of the information provided on his application, when he formally applied to join Ógra Shinn Féin. That information was wrong. The young person himself has made clear that he was, in fact, 16 at the time."
"I have now written to the young person and his mother, offering a full, unequivocal and sincere apology. What happened to this young person was wrong, Niall Ó Donnghaile's behaviour was unacceptable, utterly inappropriate, and no young person should have experienced that."
"And I'm also very sorry for the hurt that my words caused in the statement that I issued following his resignation. That was never, ever my intention. And I apologise to that young person for issuing that statement."
"Northern Ireland First Minister, Ms O'Neill had on Monday said that party membership files showed the recipient's age to be 17, but appeared before MLAs on Tuesday to correct her assertion."
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