As talks in Brussels turned again to the thorny issue of the Irish border, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald insisted it needed to be resolved by June at the latest. As talks in Brussels turned again to the thorny issue of the Irish border, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald insisted it needed to be resolved by June at the latest. She accused the UK government of "bluster and procrastination" on the issue and said concrete proposals on how it intended to avoid a hard border were needed. "The reality is we should at this stage have seen some concrete proposal from the British government," she said. Mrs McDonald, who held a number of public engagement meetings in Belfast on Monday, had a blunt message for the UK government.

Source: Irish Independent March 26, 2018 15:56 UTC