Mary Lou McDonald: “We have seen the consequences of the Brexit chaos play out across the water; we do not want a repeat of that.”

The question is not if there will be unity referendums, but when those referendums will be held.

We have been making this point for a very, very long time that it is important that we are prepared, that the work is done now, and that it is at this stage irresponsible for anybody in political leadership to bury their head in the sand…

And of course that has to include Unionism.

Without a public inquiry, the full circumstances of the disaster may never be established.