By Eithne DoddMary Lou McDonald is calling for political leaders to lead in the abortion referendum campaign. [/quote]Ms McDonald, along with other Sinn Féin TDs and Michell O’Neill, leader of Sinn Féin in the Northern Ireland Assembly, said that her party will be “vigorously campaigning” for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment. Both Ms McDonald and Ms O’Neill were keen to stress that this was a campaign that matters to people across the island. Ms O’Neill said that the Sinn Féin stance on abortion is the same across the island of Ireland. “The Sinn Féin position is the same the length and breadth of the island, we need to protect women.

Source: Evening echo April 19, 2018 16:30 UTC