Sinn Féin says it will use St Patrick’s Day US trip to push for peace

Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill said her party would be represented at St Patrick’s Day celebrations in the US (Liam McBurney/PA)

Sinn Féin representatives will travel to Washington DC for the annual St Patrick’s Day trip in “pursuit of peace”, Michelle O’Neill has said.

The party’s vice president confirmed her party would not boycott the US trip but would instead use it to advocate for an end to the “Israeli genocidal war”.