Mary Lou McDonald: “We have been making this point for a very, very long time that it is important that we are prepared, that the work is…”

It cannot be missed," she said. "It must be grasped."

Without that we are going to continue with the nightmare that we are seeing on our streets, and just to remind ourselves people have been badly injured and worse.

There is an urgent need for preparations on Irish unity and I call on Simon Harris to support Sinn Féin's legislation in the Dáil next week.

Britain's union is now under unprecedented pressure.