Sinn Fein calls on Dublin to plan for constitutional change

Vice President of Sinn Fein Michelle O'Neill speaks during the launch of the Sinn Fein Manifesto for the upcoming Northern Ireland Assembly elections, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

The leader of Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland said the Dublin government must start planning for the possibilty of a referendum that could result in a united Ireland.

Speaking to Reuters ahead of May 5 local elections in the British-run province that could see the nationalist party become the largest in the devolved government for the first time, Michelle O'Neill said she was not "fixated on dates" for the referendum.