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Northern Ireland: Sinn Fein calls for reunification vote

SINN FEIN demanded a referendum on Irish reunification yesterday in the wake of Thursday’s Leave victory in the EU vote.

The republicans seized on the 56 per cent support for the Remain campaign in Northern Ireland — against the tide of the UK-wide 52 per cent Leave victory — to demand their own plebiscite on ending the island’s division.

Stormont Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness issued the call, echoed by Sinn Fein MEP Martina Anderson.

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