The Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said he was “amused” at talk of Sinn Fein pushing a border poll to bring about a united Ireland after the Irish nationalist party—formerly the political wing of the Provisional IRA—became the biggest party in Northern Ireland’s assembly.
Martin said: “The whole campaign was on cost of living, on health, and on housing. The border poll was nearly buried from its [Sinn Fein’s] documentation and its manifesto but as soon as the votes are counted, it is brought back into centre stage.”
The Taoiseach’s comments come as Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis prepares to meet the leaders of all the main parties at Stormont in a bid to push through the return of devolved government.
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