People Before Profit proposes all-Ireland fund to help fight Covid-19

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett speaking at the launch of the party’s alternative budget. Picture: Michelle Devane/PA

The Government should give €250m to Northern Ireland to pursue an all-Ireland Covid-19 approach to dealing with the pandemic, it has been proposed.

People Before Profit (PBP) TD Richard Boyd Barrett said Northern Ireland should be funded because the British Prime Minister to date had “not been forthcoming” in resourcing the region with what it needed to deal with the crisis.