Politics

Mary Lou McDonald: It’s time for DUP to make up its mind on powersharing

Sinn Féin urges unionists to return as British government puts €2.5bn funding package on table

President Mary Lou McDonald (left) and Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O’Neill (right). The North has been without an executive for nearly two years due to the DUP’s boycott of the institutions over post-Brexit trading arrangements Picture: PA

It is “decision time” for the Democratic Unionist Party on whether to resume powersharing in the North after the British government put a £2.5 billion funding package on the table, Mary Lou McDonald has said.

The Sinn Féin leader urged stakeholders not to miss the window of opportunity to restore the powersharing executive that had opened as a result of the funding offer from Chris Heaton Harris, the Secretary for Northern Ireland.

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