Michelle O'Neill calls for a referendum on Irish unity within the next five years

Michelle O'Neill, Vice President of Irish political party Sinn Féin and Leader of Sinn Féin in the Northern Ireland Assembly (Irish: Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann) has said there should be a referendum on Irish unity within the next five years. Speaking at an annual commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising in Belfast (Irish: Béal Feirste) on Sunday she pointed to the benefits that a united Ireland would bring for all of the people of Ireland.