'Embarrassingly for Her' - DUP and Sinn Féin Fermanagh MLAs Clash

'Embarrassingly for her' - DUP and Sinn Féin Fermanagh MLAs clash

Fermanagh and South Tyrone DUP MLA Deborah Erskine has rejected a Sinn Féin claim that her party blocked the Good Jobs Bill from progressing to the…

Government to block Sinn Féin bill on Irish unity

A Sinn Féin bill to compel the Government to prepare for Irish unity is expected to be defeated after the Cabinet agreed to oppose it. The bill would compel the Taoiseach to produce a Green Paper on Irish Unity within 18 months, which would pave the way for a Citizens Assembly on the matter. Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald, said that preparation for a border poll needed to be done in advance, to avoid the “chaos” that is still affecting the …