Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In Britain now, we are seeing where Tory politics meet the outworkings of Brexit. I have no doubt that the Taoiseach brought up the worries that would emanate from a British economy in freefall. I welcome that there has been changed language from certain sections of the British Government in respect of possibly doing a deal with the EU. It is absolutely necessary regarding the Irish protocol. Obviously, political unionism needs to be sold that particular message.

It is also fair to say we had a very successful Ireland's Future gig in the 3Arena. Preparing for Irish unity is the conversation out there now. The Taoiseach has said he is not interested in a citizens' assembly in this regard, but I think the people of Ireland are interested in one, or in having an equivalent forum where we can have a discussion on what a new Ireland would look like. We must do the heavy lifting in preparing for Irish unity. This is just what we must do in respect of the referendum that is definitely coming.

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