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First Minister Arlene Foster has asked her powersharing partner to step aside while PSNI officers consider the matter. Ms O’neill has apologised “for grieving families experiencing more hurt”.
A group of around 30 walked in Mr Storey’s cortege from St Agnes’ Church
A COUPLE forced to cancel their wedding due to coronavirus say they are hopeful their dream day can go ahead.
Hannah Gamble and Garth Prendiville were due to get married on May 23, at the Clandeboye Lodge Hotel in Bangor, Co Down.
However, they took the tough step to postpone their big day so that they can spend it with family and friends next year.
As both of them come from large families and have lots of close friends, they felt that it would be too tough a decision to exclude anyone from a smaller wedding, which are now permitted to go ahead from Friday.
Luckily for the couple, they just about managed to rearrange their nuptials for April 17 of next year, a date that holds a very special meaning to the to Milltown Cemetery. Police are investigating whether any social distancing breaches occurred.
Ms O’neill has said she did everything she could to minimise numbers including encouraging thousands to watch it online while marshals kept the crowds away from the cortege during the journey through West Belfast.
Yesterday she added: “It was not and bride and her family. It is the birthday of Hannah’s mum Gillian who passed away when she was a child.
Hannah said: “My biggest worry about cancelling the wedding was getting everything rebooked for next year but thankfully everyone that we have worked with has been fantastic and so accommodating for us.
“We had booked the Clandeboye Lodge in Bangor as the venue, which is really popular, so I wasn’t sure if we would get it at the time that we wanted in the spring.
“Then when they said that April 17, my mum’s birthday, was free it felt like a sign, it was like she was looking down on us saying go for it.”
The couple are now very happy with the decision they have made, saying that it would would never be my intention to hurt anybody within society.
“I am satisfied that I did act responsibly within the church, as part of the cortege and at Milltown Cemetery.
“I take very seriously indeed my responsibility as a public office holder.
“I have acted in accordance with those responsibilities.”
Mr Storey was cremated at Roselawn have been too tough to go ahead with a smaller wedding, knowing that some people they love could not be there.
Hannah said: “Garth and I both come from very big families and have lots of very close friends and we just couldn’t bare the thought of telling some of them that they could come and others that they couldn’t.
“My dad was also in a band called Silent Running in the 80s, who have recently got back together, and it was really important to me that they were able to be there and play our first dance.
“I fully understand those who couldn’t wait and have still gone ahead with smaller weddings but the way we see it is, we have our house together, we are very happy and we aren’t running off, so we can wait a bit.”
Cemetery in the east of the city where 30 people were allowed to attend an outdoor committal service.
The other eight cremations that took place on the same day were not allowed services at the site.
Belfast City Council has apologised to those families.
The Assembly motion also singled out Finance Minister Conor Murphy’s presence at the funeral.
FIVE major emergency departments might no longer be accepting walk-in patients from next month.
The draft plans, drawn up by health officials, set out how they hope to overhaul services in advance of further Covid-19 waves.
Health Minister Robin Swann said they are very much at “draft stage” following reports on the leaked document, which the Mirror has seen.
The document states: “Crowded emergency departments with long waiting times are no longer safe and cannot be tolerated.”
It sets out the difference between emergency and urgent care and how health services could separate the two going forward.
Health bosses have suggested making five of Northern Ireland’s
EDS accessible only by ambulance, GP or Urgent Care referral from August this year.
This would include the Royal Victoria Hospital, Antrim, Craigavon, the Ulster and Altnagelvin.