Clair Dobbin forensically exposed our woeful politics... people of her calibre would transform this place in weeks

Clair Dobbin KC leaves the Clayton Hotel in Belfast following the UK Covid-19 Inquiry hearing on Thursday PA WIRE

Gail Walker

The year of extraordinary events continues. We’re still reeling from the restoration of Stormont against all odds, the Kenova Stakeknife revelations, the dawn arrest of Sir Jeffrey and Lady Donaldson on historic sex charges, the dramatic resignation of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the amazing repercussions illegal migration is having on north/south, east/west relations. Then perhaps the most significant occurrence of all took place at the Covid Inquiry in Belfast.

After almost four years of the most dogged heel-digging, First Minister Michelle O’Neill found herself offering an apology for breaching Covid regulations by attending the funeral of veteran republican Bobby Storey.