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Ellis O’Hanlon, of the Belfast Telegraph, was among those who hit out at the politician in an article called “So, Michelle O'Neill, just when did it become unacceptable to bomb

Manchester?” She said: “Just because the men she celebrates did it for a united Ireland, and the Manchester bomber most likely for a worldwide Islamic caliphate under Sharia law, 

doesn't make it any more acceptable. “Irish republicans would have us believe that their terrorism was different. That their bombs were nicer. They look at the suicide bombers and

insist: ‘We're not like Themmuns.’ Are they sure about that?” Speaking to Stephen Nolan on BBC Radio Ulster, commentator Ruth Dudley Edwards also took aim at Ms O’Neill. “This is

spectacular hypocrisy, I mean really, does she take the people of Northern Ireland for fools? What is the difference?” she said. Dudley Edwards spoke of the horrific and life-changing

injuries sustained in Manchester more than two decades ago. “There are families destroyed,” she said. “It’s breathtaking and goodness knows we’re used to Sinn Féin’s hypocrisy, how dare

they.”