Michelle O’Neill said that ignoring the vote for Remain in Northern Ireland would be “wrong and undemocratic” PAUL MCERLANE/ROLLING NEWSMichelle O’Neill is set to challenge Theresa May to give Northern Ireland a special status within the European Union when the pair meet for the first time today. Mrs O’Neill, the new leader of Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland, will hold talks on Brexit with the British prime minister in Cardiff. The meeting of Britain’s joint ministerial committee (JMC) has been described as crucial by Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister, who will chair the talks. The JMC is the body that co-ordinates the relationship between Downing Street and the devolved institutions of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Arlene Foster, the Democratic Unionist leader, will also attend although she is no longer Northern Ireland’s first minister since the collapse of the Stormont executive earlier this…

Source: The Times January 30, 2017 00:08 UTC