Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill no longer plans to attend Belfast's Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday is a day when people remember those who died in the First and Second World Wars and other conflicts

Sinn Féin has a long-standing policy of not attending Remembrance Sunday events because it views them as glorifying war

Michelle O'Neill, the First Minister of Northern Ireland, has said she will no longer attend Remembrance Sunday events in Belfast.

Sinn Féin, the party O'Neill leads, has a long-standing policy of not attending Remembrance Sunday events because it views them as glorifying war.

In a statement, O'Neill said that she had "listened carefully to the views of victims and survivors" and that she had decided it was "not appropriate" for her to attend Remembrance Sunday events.

She said that she would instead be attending a separate event to remember those who had died in the Troubles.

O'Neill's decision is likely to be controversial. Some people will welcome it as a sign that Sinn Féin is finally moving away from its republican past.

Others will see it as a betrayal of those who died in the First and Second World Wars.

It is important to note that Sinn Féin is not the only party that has a policy of not attending Remembrance Sunday events.

The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), another nationalist party, also does not attend Remembrance Sunday events.

The SDLP argues that Remembrance Sunday is a "British-centric" event that does not adequately recognize the sacrifices made by Irish people in the First and Second World Wars.

The decision of Sinn Féin and the SDLP not to attend Remembrance Sunday events is a reminder of the complex and contested history of Northern Ireland.

The Troubles, which lasted from the late 1960s to the late 1990s, was a period of intense violence between nationalists and unionists.

The Good Friday Agreement, which was signed in 1998, brought an end to the Troubles.

However, the legacy of the Troubles continues to cast a long shadow over Northern Ireland.

The decision of Sinn Féin and the SDLP not to attend Remembrance Sunday events is a reminder of the divisions that still exist in Northern Ireland.