Northern Ireland secretary has described Varadkar statement on Irish unity as ‘unhelpful’
Rebecca Black and David Young, PASenior ministers from the UK and Irish governments remain at odds over comments by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, branded by the British as “unhelpful”.around Irish unity and the collapse of Stormont.
He went on: “Since the New Ireland Forum, we in the Republic have always articulated our aspiration to a united Ireland.” “The DUP, unionist opinion and loyalist opinion, I think it’s fair to say, very rarely welcomes any intervention or any presence from an Irish Government minister, and in a sensitive moment like this, it would be better to just leave room for unionist opinion to gently get into the Executive.”
“As a Conservative and Unionist politician I think I’m entitled to talk about the union, entitled to talk about Northern Ireland flourishing, and none of that takes away from our determination to see to it that everyone in Northern Ireland flourishes whatever shade of political opinion they may have.”Later Mr Heaton-Harris was asked about the matter on BBC Northern Ireland’s evening television news programme.
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