'Partition costs us to this day' - McDonald defends President's decision not to attend NI event

President Higgins said  that the event's title was an issue, as it was described as commemorating "the centenaries of the partition of Ireland and the formation of Northern Ireland. File Picture

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has defended the President's decision not to attend an event alongside Britain's Queen Elizabeth in Northern Ireland next month. 

Ms McDonald said President Higgins's declining of an invitation to the commemorative service in St Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh on October 21 was "the correct one."