First Minister ‘wrong’ to stay away from Washington DC, Lyons says

Northern Ireland Communities Minister Gordon Lyons during the Ireland Funds National Gala at the National Building Museum in Washington DC, during his visit to the US for St Patrick’s Day (Niall Carson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill and other party leaders are “wrong” to have stayed away from Washington DC on St Patrick’s Day, Stormont’s Communities Minister said.

Gordon Lyons expressed pride in deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly leading a Northern Ireland delegation in Ms O’Neill’s absence.