Paul Williams: Mary Lou McDonald’s tribute to a psychopathic terrorist proves once again why Sinn Féin is not fit to govern

Bik McFarlane has been hailed by Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald as “a great patriot”, but was involved in the murder of a young trainee garda and an Army ­private, as well as the attempted murder of several others during the rescue of kidnap victim Don Tidey near Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, in 1983.