{"id":141986,"date":"2018-06-16T10:26:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T10:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/dup-living-in-fools-paradise-says-michelle-oneill\/"},"modified":"2018-06-16T10:26:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T10:26:53","slug":"dup-living-in-fools-paradise-says-michelle-oneill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/dup-living-in-fools-paradise-says-michelle-oneill\/","title":{"rendered":"DUP living in fools&#8217; paradise, says Michelle O&#8217;Neill"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mrs O&#039;Neill was making her first speech to an ard fheis (conference) since becoming party vice-president.\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/07EB\/production\/_102072020_oneillardfheis.jpg\"\/><figcaption>Image caption                                      Michelle O&#039;Neill was making her first speech to an ard fheis (conference) since becoming party vice-president.                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Sinn F\u00e9in&#039;s vice-president Michelle O&#039;Neill has launched a strong attack on the DUP, claiming the party is &quot;living in a fool&#039;s paradise&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Ms O&#039;Neill was making her first speech to an ard fheis (party conference) since taking up the role.<\/p>\n<p>She said the DUP puts its &quot;self-serving pact with the Tory party at Westminster before people&#039;s interests here&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>She added they &quot;blindly prop up Theresa May who is preoccupied with negotiating with her cabinet rather than the EU&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The DUP and Conservatives agreed a &quot;supply and confidence&quot; arrangement following the general election in June last year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mark Devenport on a &#039;curate&#039;s egg&#039; of a deal<\/li>\n<li>May and DUP deal:  What you need to know<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speaking on Friday night, Mrs O&#039;Neill said: &quot;Britain is divided. But in Ireland, we are united.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Image caption                                      The DUP&#039;s Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Gavin Williamson of the Conservative Party signed the deal in Downing Street                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&quot;We will not be collateral damage as a result of the reckless Tory\/DUP Brexit agenda. There will be no border in Ireland.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>As part of the DUP\/Tory deal, the DUP guarantees that its 10 MPs will vote with the government on the Queen&#039;s Speech, the Budget, and legislation relating to Brexit and national security.<\/p>\n<p>The deal included an extra \u00a31bn in public spending for Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Analysis: Gareth Gordon, BBC News NI political correspondent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The party&#039;s new vice-president, Michelle O&#039;Neill, got her biggest cheer of the night when she said: &quot;Surely you agree it is time for a woman taoiseach to lead the next [Irish] government?<\/p>\n<p>&quot;And surely you know that woman is Mary Lou McDonald?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Sinn F\u00e9in is not in government in the Republic of Ireland. But its President, Mary Lou McDonald, has made it clear she wants it to be.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle O&#039;Neill&#039;s second biggest cheer came when she attacked the DUP, the party Sinn F\u00e9in would be in government with in Northern Ireland, if only they could agree.<\/p>\n<p>She told delegates in Belfast&#039;s Waterfront Hall: &quot;The DUP do not speak for the people of the north.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The main business of this weekend will be to safely chart a way through a subject which has caused Sinn F\u00e9in difficulties - as it has all parties - abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Following the recent referendum in the Republic of Ireland, the leadership has backed a motion that says abortion should be available to women within &quot;a limited gestational period&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>But more than 20 branches have tabled another motion, arguing that all party members should be allowed to speak and vote about abortion according to their consciences, a policy which has been adopted by some other parties, including the SDLP. <\/p>\n<p>After 34 years of Gerry Adams as president, Saturday will be the first ard fheis for the party&#039;s new leader Mary Lou McDonald.<\/p>\n<p>The focus will turn to the party&#039;s policy on abortion following the recent referendum in the Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image caption Michelle O&#039;Neill was making her first speech to an ard fheis (conference) since becoming party vice-president. 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