Mick Clifford: Sinn Féin try to rush everyone into uncertain future to justify its past

The party brought a motion to the Dáil this week calling for a citizen’s assembly to be established and a green paper formulated to begin preparations for a united Ireland

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Northern Ireland first minister Michelle O’Neill speaking to the media at Leinster House ahead of constitutional change bill debate this week. Picture: Leah Farrell/ RollingNews.ie

Everybody is talking about a united Ireland. Or so we’re told. Among the young, they talk of little else. Or so we’re told. 

The only thing stopping a march to the reclamation of the fourth green field is Micheál Martin, standing Canute-like against the tide of positive nationalism washing across the country. Or so we’re told.