Arlene Foster calls on deputy to step down in social distancing row
by Henry McDonald from on (#55A68)
Northern Ireland first minister asks Michelle O'Neill to resign amid lockdown breach claims
A mass gathering to honour a dead IRA leader in Belfast that allegedly broke social distancing rules has provoked a destablising row in Northern Ireland's power sharing government.
The first minister and Democratic Unionist leader, Arlene Foster, has called on her coalition partner Michelle O'Neill, of Sinn Fein, to temporarily resign as deputy first minister over the controversy.
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