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The republican party sensationally took the most votes in the Irish general election earlier this month. It beat Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, Ireland’s traditional governing parties, into second and third places respectively.Ms McDonald also declined to explicitly condemn the violence of the IRA, which Sinn Fein had historic links to, though she insisted she doesn’t want violence to return.Speaking to The Times she claimed Brexit was driven by “the lowest common denominator of English nationalism”.She commented: “People in the north of Ireland didn’t consent to Brexit.“It is not their democratic wish, they are being coerced into this position, so I think what he has done and what Brexit has done is to write up in the starkest terms the undemocratic nature of the partition of our island.“It leaves the population, the economy, the provision of services entirely at the whim of a Tory government and the Tories have no support in Ireland.“The polling data demonstrates the trend is only in one direction.“What we need to do now collectively is to start making the preparations for a referendum.”Ms McDonald suggested a referendum on Northern Ireland joining the Irish Republic “could happen in three years”, though she also suggested five years as a possibility.READ MORE: Leo Varadkar’s true disappointment exposed in leaked emailsThe UK finally split from Brussels on January 31.This was over three years since Britain voted to leave the EU in June 2016.However a majority in Northern Ireland voted to remain, despite the unionist DUP enthusiastically backing Brexit.During the interview with The Times Ms McDonald insisted the Northern Ireland conflict is over, but refused to explicitly condemn republicans ‘armed struggle’ against Britain.She stated: “Let’s be clear here, there was a war on this island and the British state forces were full protagonists.“Let’s not pretend it was just because the people on this island are uniquely dysfunctional. We had a colonial experience.”Former Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith was sacked by Mr Johnson earlier this week.He had helped restore a power sharing Government in Stormont involving the DUP and Sinn Fein.Mr Smith was replaced as Northern Ireland secretary by Brandon Lewis.Arlene Foster, the current DUP leader and first minister of Northern Ireland, survived an IRA bomb attack on a bus she was travelling on as a child whilst her father was shot. Source link Read the full article

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Northern Ireland’s DUP says Sinn Fein’s ‘glorification of terrorism’ makes devolution difficult Arlene Foster, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), speaks in Downing Street, London, Britain November 21, 2017. REUTERS/Simon Dawson November 21, 2017 LONDON (Reuters) – The head of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party said on Tuesday recent comments by its main nationalist rival Sinn Fein amounted to “glorification of terrorism” and made the restoration […] #Devolution #Ireland's #Terrorism #Sinn #Feins