Mary Lou McDonald: “Time [was] of the essence”

You've known since June that a new pay deal had to be struck with the public sector workers. We find ourselves almost four months on, at the eleventh hour, on the brink of this strike action tomorrow. The reason we are here is because of a…

“There will be an enormous sense of relief within the community this evening.”

“The mood here has been peaceful. It has been united and orderly. This is a dignified and united community and they are absolutely determined that they and we will not be drawn back into the past.”

The British Secretary of State now updates his Twitter account more regularly than the residents, who he hasn’t spoken to since last Thursday.