‘Orange state is gone forever’, Michelle O’Neill tells Assembly

A PSNI vehicle at the Garvaghy Road as political tensions show little sign of easing (PA) - (PA Wire)

First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said “the Orange state is gone forever” as she responded to a motion of no confidence in the Stormont assembly over her attendance at a protest against an Orange Order march.

DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley said Sinn Féin’s “new Ireland project stands dead in the streets of Portadown”, speaking in the debate on the non-binding motions also levied against three other Sinn Féin Executive ministers.