Mary Lou McDonald: “It is time for the law to change, and this would be a significant move towards compassion and ensuring barriers to women…”

We have spent all night here, all night talking to people, listening to people, seeking to reassure people that actually this can be resolved, and it must be.

No prime minister has the right to “high-handedly” remove the provision for a unity referendum from the Good Friday Agreement.

Burying his head in the sand is not a plan, is not a strategy, is not wise, and is not acceptable to us.

The decision is utterly reckless.