Now is the time to render the British border in Ireland permanently invisible, O’Neill tells commemoration

SINN Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill has told supporters that it is time to make partition in Ireland history.

Mrs O’Neill was speaking at a commemoration for murdered councillor John Davey in Lavey.

He was shot dead by loyalist terrorists in 1989.

Mrs O’Neill (right) paid tribute tohimasapatriot.

In her speech, a day after DUP leader Arlene Foster accused republicans of blocking the restoration of devolution, Mrs O’Neill said that if the DUP wanted to exercise political power, “then the cost is to embrace a rights-based society and openness, transparency and equal partnership government, which works for everyone”.

“Sinn Fein wants to see the removal of the major obstacles to restoring the political institutions, an end to the denial of rights and the DUP’s financial scandals, and the full implementation of the Good Friday and subsequent agreements,” she said.

“We want an Assembly which operates differently from what has gone before, to usher in a new kind of politics, which is progressive, respectful, and has integrity.

“We will not be part of an unjust government. There will be no return to the status quo.”

She went on to say it is time to talk about the future of Ireland.

“We are now in the midst of what is the most defining period politically, economically and constitutionally since the Good Friday Agreement 21 years ago,” she added.

“It is time to talk about the future of our island and people together.

“And it is time to render the British border in Ireland permanently invisible and to make the partition of this country history.”