Earlier, answering his first series of questions as Taoiseach in the Dáil, he told Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald: “I do not believe that precipitating or organising a referendum immediately is the way to go. That was the Sinn Féin position since Brexit happened, although it has come back a bit from that. ‘Consensus approach’“The over-focus on the Border poll was too divisive and too partisan and ran counter to what Sinn Féin wanted to achieve. In exchanges which made clear the divide between Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin on the issue, Ms McDonald said Brexit and coronavirus had “reshaped how people think and talk about reunification”. “Both of these crises have shown very dramatically the danger and jeopardy of the Border on our island.

Source: The Irish Times July 08, 2020 00:15 UTC