Sinn Féin reiterates calls for joint authority if NI Assembly not restored

Sinn Féin Party leader Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill (right), speak to the media at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis at the RDS in Dublin. Picture: Damien Storan/PA Wire

Mary Lou McDonald has said that joint authority between Dublin and London should be “plan B” if an Executive in Northern Ireland is not restored.

The Sinn Féin leader said that if the DUP continues to boycott the Northern Ireland Assembly, then the British and Irish governments should form a partnership.