Enda Kenny: Westminster needs Irish nationalists

Outgoing Taoiseach Enda Kenny has raised concerns with embattled British prime minister Theresa May about the lack of Irish nationalist voices in Westminster.

The pair spoke by phone yesterday morning. Amid growing concern over the proposed deal between Ms May’s Conservative Party and the Democratic Unionist Party, the two leaders discussed the potential impact of the UK general election result on the peace process.

Mr Kenny expressed concern that, given the lack of any SDLP MP in the new House of Commons, and Sinn Fein’s policy of not taking their seats, northern nationalists will have no voice in the UK parliament.