Former Mid and East Antrim Council chief executive Anne Donaghy was fined £1,500 following a trial at Ballymena Magistrates’ Court.

Appearing at the Covid-19 Inquiry, the former first minister was pressed on her party’s use of a controversial veto mechanism during the pandemic.

The former DUP leader expressed ‘great regret’ that ministers did not foresee the speed with which the pandemic took hold.

The minutes show the Sinn Fein minister defending her attendance at the funeral, claiming there was ‘no dilution’ of the public health message.

Under her leadership in the North, Sinn Féin has become the largest party at Stormont