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03/10/2017
DUP And Sinn Fein Clash On 'Britishness'
DUP leader Arlene Foster and Sinn Fein Northern leader Michelle O'Neill have clashed over NI's 'Britishness'.
During a Conservative conference at the Great Hall in Manchester, Mrs O'Neill was asked if Sinn Fein wanted legislation to make NI look less British and she replied: "The north isn't British."
Mrs Foster then said: "I don't want this to turn into a row but Northern Ireland is British".
However, both leaders said an agreement to restore a power-sharing government in NI was possible.
Mrs Foster said there had been "solid progress" but "differences do remain".
Mrs O'Neill also said that Sinn Fein would not be "shoe-horned" into a deal.
NI Secretary of State James Brokenshire, who also attended the event, warned that if a deal was not made he would legislate for a budget with Westminster.
The NI power-sharing executive collapsed in January this year.
(CD/LM)
During a Conservative conference at the Great Hall in Manchester, Mrs O'Neill was asked if Sinn Fein wanted legislation to make NI look less British and she replied: "The north isn't British."
Mrs Foster then said: "I don't want this to turn into a row but Northern Ireland is British".
However, both leaders said an agreement to restore a power-sharing government in NI was possible.
Mrs Foster said there had been "solid progress" but "differences do remain".
Mrs O'Neill also said that Sinn Fein would not be "shoe-horned" into a deal.
NI Secretary of State James Brokenshire, who also attended the event, warned that if a deal was not made he would legislate for a budget with Westminster.
The NI power-sharing executive collapsed in January this year.
(CD/LM)
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