Sinn Féin pledges to introduce £230 payment to tackle cost of living crisis

Mary Lou McDonald says SF is prepared to re-establish the Northern Executive as party launches its Northern Ireland Assembly election manifesto

John Finucane MP, Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O'Neill, SF president Mary Lou McDonald, and Conor Murphy launching the party's manifesto at the MAC, Belfast, this afternoon. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

Sinn Féin has called for people in the North to be given a £230 (€273) payment to help with the cost of living crisis.

The party made the call as it launched its manifesto for next week's Northern Ireland Assembly elections, with Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald saying that the vote is "a real opportunity to step forward towards a better future".