“There’s an awful lot of work to be done.” Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said that a referendum on a united Ireland will happen before 2030. Speaking to Sky News on Thursday, the president of the Irish opposition party said that while there is still “a lot of work to be done”, she […]

2 years ago

And to think she was once the Foreign Secretary… Liz Truss has called on Irish nationalist party Sinn Féin to “stop driving a wedge” between Northern Ireland and Britain. The Tory leadership contender and former Foreign Secretary hit out at the party for creating a “constitutional division” in the country, saying she would govern for […]

3 years ago

Belfast are set to trial the reduced working week Belfast City Council is considering bringing in a four day week with full pay. According to BelfastLive, Sinn Fein put forward a motion for a trial of the four-day working week earlier this month; the DUP has also agreed to the study but did insist that […]

4 years ago

Crowds threw petrol bombs and fireworks as well Belfast suffered another night of violence as clashes between loyalist and nationalist continued. A bus was attacked and hijacked, with another set alight, in scenes that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said “deeply concerned” him. Several police officers have also been injured in the violence in the […]

5 years ago

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said there will be a united Ireland within the next ten years, calling it the “decade of opportunity”

5 years ago

Covid-19 is all-consuming from a political standpoint It’s hard to believe right now, but there was a time not too long ago when all anyone was talking about was a little thing called Brexit. Remember Brexit? Britain’s decision to leave the European Union? Yeah, that. Once the coronavirus pandemic reached the United Kingdom though, Brexit […]

6 years ago