According to a report, the 29th meeting of the north south ministerial council took place on Friday. Reportedly, the northern Ireland executive was led by first minister, Michelle O’Neil and the government of Ireland was led by taoiseach Michael Martin.
According to the report, a range of issues of mutual interest and concern were discussed including the business and trade implications of recent international tarrifs, the incarceration and exploitation of unmarried mothers in the Magdalene laundries and violence against women and girls. When the taoiseach was questioned about the likelihood of a united Ireland he assumed this to be a british Ireland and answered maybe in two or three years time. This from the leader of a republican party.