Sinn Fein apologies for IRA’s 1979 assassination of Prince Philip’s uncle Louis Mountbatten – 24 hours after Duke’s funeral
- Louis Mountbatten was killed in 1979 when IRA blew up his yacht in Mullaghmore
- His 14-year-old grandson and the boatman, 15, were both also killed in the blast
- Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said she was sorry it happened and said it was ‘heart-breaking’, comments which came the day after Prince Philip’s funeral
The leader of Ireland’s Sinn…
