McDonald: UK Government needs to set out ‘tipping point’ for Irish unity vote

Mary Lou McDonald said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his Government needs to indicate the ‘tipping point’ for a referendum (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Archive)

Sir Keir Starmer needs to indicate what circumstances are necessary for the calling of a referendum on Irish unification, the Sinn Fein leader has said.

Mary Lou McDonald, who is seeking to be taoiseach following the Irish general election on November 29, said a Sinn Fein-led government would take immediate steps to progress the party’s long-held goal of unifying the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.