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Sinn Féin: Michelle O'Neill urged to correct record over teenager's age

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80% Informative

Michelle O'Neill told the Northern Ireland Assembly that the boy was 17 at the time.

But Sinn Féin has since said the young person was 16 years old .

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has called for O’Neill to return to the assembly and correct the record.

VR Score

83

Informative language

81

Neutral language

85

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

41

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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1

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