UK Government has ‘fight on its hands’ over plans to ban Troubles prosecutions

Mrs McDonald, and Sinn Féin’s deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill, met with a number of victims’ groups on Monday

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald. File Picture: Niall Carson/PA

The UK Government has a “fight on its hands” over plans to introduce a statute of limitations for Troubles prosecutions, the Sinn Féin president has said.

Mary Lou McDonald also said the plans unveiled last week by UK Secretary of State Brandon Lewis to deal with legacy in Northern Ireland “clearly breach” international human rights laws.