UK Government should indicate its tipping point for border poll, says McDonald

Sinn Féin’s President Mary Lou McDonald has said preparations should begin for a referendum on Irish unity (Sam Boal/PA)

The British Government should indicate what it believes is the tipping point for a referendum on Irish unity, Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has said.

Ms McDonald said a priority for her was that preparations for a border poll should begin and added that those conversations needed to include unionists in Northern Ireland.