First Minister Michelle O'Neill has laid a wreath at Belfast's Remembrance Sunday service for the first time, becoming the first senior Sinn Féin official to take part in such an event.

She was speaking after a banner with the word ‘Traitors’ on it was erected at her constituency office in Co Tyrone at the weekend.

Ms O’Neill, who said her attendance is a demonstration of her determination to fulfil her pledge to be a “First Minister for all”, laid a laurel wreath at the Cenotaph in Belfast

First Minister Michelle O’Neill is to participate in the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at Belfast City Hall – the first time a senior Sinn Féin figure will take part in such an event in the north.The Sinn Féin vice president said her attendance was a demonstration of her determination to fulfil her pledge to be a “first minister for all”.

First Minister Michelle O'Neill has become the first senior Sinn Féin figure to take part in an official Remembrance Sunday ceremony. O'Neill laid a laurel wreath at the Cenotaph at Belfast City Hall in her role as first minister.

Michelle O'Neill has said she understands why some people may feel hurt by her attendance at a Remembrance Sunday event this weekend. The first minister is to become the first senior Sinn Féin figure to take part in an official Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Belfast.

Stormont’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has participated in the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at Belfast City Hall – the first time a senior Sinn Fein figure has taken part in such an event in Northern Ireland.