Michelle O'Neill has urged the UK Government to use the 30th anniversary of Northern Ireland's historic Good Friday peace deal to announce a date for a referendum on Irish unification.The Sinn Fein vice president, who is the first nationalist to hold the position of First Minister at Stormont, said the date in April 2028 would represent an "excellent time" to confirm a future poll.In an interview with the PA news agency, Ms O'Neill said the calling of a referendum would mark the "fulfilment" of

Michelle O'Neill has urged the UK Government to use the 30th anniversary of Northern Ireland's historic Good Friday peace deal to announce a date for a referendum on Irish unification.The Sinn Fein vice president, who is the first nationalist to hold the position of First Minister at Stormont, said the date in April 2028 would represent an "excellent time" to confirm a future poll.In an interview with the PA news agency, Ms O'Neill said the calling of a referendum would mark the "fulfilment" of the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday accord that largely ended the region's 30-year conflict.