Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald told delegates at the party's annual conference that unity referendums are coming, promising a green paper on Irish unity, a citizens assembly, and a minister for reunification if Sinn Féin is part of the next Irish government.
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald told delegates during her address to “Be in no doubt – unity referendums are coming”
Addressing the annual Sinn Féin ard fheis in Athlone on Saturday evening, party leader Mary Lou McDonald told delegates “Be in no doubt – unity referendums are coming”."That means a green paper on Irish unity, a citizens assembly, a minister for reunification at the Department of An Taoiseach, a new government with a clear-cut commitment to holding referendums.
The election campaign will provide Sinn Féin with the prospect of being in the next Irish government. Here, surrounded by running lanes as she rallied the membership ahead of the general election, the party leader Mary Lou McDonald would have known that if a place in government is to become a reality, Sinn Féin cannot afford to be running to stand still.Michelle O'Neill told delegates that the first actions of the new Labour government had been more "broken promises"
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