Citizens’ assembly on united Ireland needed in next week’s budget – Sinn Féin

Party leader Mary Lou McDonald said the Government could not bury its head in the sand and pretend “change is not in motion”

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald set out Sinn Fein’s plans (PA)

Sinn Féin have called on the Government to include a provision for a citizens’ assembly on a united Ireland in next week’s budget.

In their alternative budget proposals, launched in Dublin on Thursday, the party included an allocation of €1.5 million for a public forum on the constitutional question.