Brexit: North’s constitutional status secure, says DUP leader Arlene Foster

Stormont’s first minister has insisted Northern Ireland’s place in the Brexiting UK is safe, despite the region voting for Remain.

Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster, who campaigned for an EU exit, said she was “absolutely certain” the constitutional status was secure and claimed the union was stronger after the Leave vote.

Her comments come after Sinn Féin, the DUP’s partners in the power-sharing government, said the result of the referendum should trigger a border poll.