Michelle O'Neill has vowed to press President Joe Biden to replicate the "constructive role" the US played in Northern Ireland in its approach to the conflict in the Middle East.The Sinn Fein vice president insisted she would raise the ongoing bloodshed in Gaza with the president when they meet during St Patrick's Day engagements in the US.Sinn Fein has resisted calls from some pro-Palestinian supporters to boycott the traditional St Patrick's events in Washington DC in protest at the US's ongoi

Michelle O'Neill has vowed to press President Joe Biden to replicate the "constructive role" the US played in Northern Ireland in its approach to the conflict in the Middle East.The Sinn Fein vice president insisted she would raise the ongoing bloodshed in Gaza with the president when they meet during St Patrick's Day engagements in the US.Sinn Fein has resisted calls from some pro-Palestinian supporters to boycott the traditional St Patrick's events in Washington DC in protest at the US's ongoing support for Israel.The party had said it will instead use its platform in the US capital to call on the administration to push for an end to the conflict.