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Cillian Sherlock

Good Friday Agreement wording on border poll is ‘workaround’, McDonald says

Sinn Fein Leader Mary Lou McDonald in her office in Leinster House (Niall Carson/PA) -

The Taoiseach has his “head in the sand” over a united Ireland, Mary Lou McDonald has said, as she said there was no pressure on the UK Government to engage constructively on a border poll.

In an interview with the Press Association, Ms McDonald said the clause around a border poll was the “beating heart” of the Good Friday Agreement.

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