McDonald says it is ‘bizarre and unprecedented’ for UK government to ‘exclude the leader of Sinn Féin from a leaders’ meeting’
Speaking in Dublin last night, the Taoiseach said there has been “good engagement” between the European Commission and United Kingdom on the Northern Ireland protocol with progress made.
Today’s engagements come the day after a round-table meeting organised by the Northern Secretary and UK foreign secretary James Cleverly was overshadowed by controversy over the presence of Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald. Ms McDonald told reporters it was “bizarre and unprecedented” that the UK government “chose to seek to exclude the leader of Sinn Féin from a leaders’ meeting”, adding that it was a “terrible shame” an opportunity to make progress had been missed.
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