Northern Ireland: 'Unconscionable' that strike action is looming - Sinn Fein leader 

I think kay burley realises if she tried her usual disruptive style she would be seriously smacked down by someone who has done her homework and knows her stuff.

Im a Brit who has worked in social services in Dublin for 25 years. I met this woman a number of times in her role as a TD. She is an extremely sharp individual.

I suspect that most people in Britain have no idea what this is all about and sadly don’t care - Brexit is monstrous

Kaye Burley just said NI voted to leave the EU, she was fair put in her place there.

Mary Lou is so articulate

I've never once seen Kay Burley let someone talk that long without interruption before.

Love the disingenuous title, implying the strike action itself is unconscionable, where what McDonald actually said was the governments intransigence was unconscionable.

What an impressive and eloquent politician. The Tories could learn so much with regards to integrity & respect from Mary Lou McDonald

Stop paying DUP MLAs now

Surely the most impressive politician in both Ireland and the UK

Kay Burley educated by this Irish politician. Sky News should show their interviewers how Ireland's main TV channel demolished Nigel Farage and his lies when he tried to sell his politics to Irish viewers while being interviewed. Kudos to Mary Lou Mcdonald here for not allowing the truth to be masked by Kay Burley.

This headline is absolutely misleading! McDonald is saying, 'given that a strike is looming it is unconscionable that the government is not willing to negotiate more'. She is supportive of medical/nursing unions and concerned about the strain they are under, while this headline makes it sound like she is against them. That is deceitful!

Mary Lou speaks facts… especially to an ignorant Brit who doesn’t even know the NI Brexit referendum results

Thanks sky news for broad casting this interview people have got to be told the true story of brexit

Burley failing to grasp the reason Irish reunification and Scottish independence have gained support is because of the "UK-wide vote"

An absolutely disgusting question from Burley there. A deliberately misleading and disingenuous stance to take

Love Mary what an intellect and good orator Talks a lot of common sense

Kay Burley is remarkably subdued in this interview. I think she knows she's no match for Mary Lou MacDonald. 😂 She's one of the more...let's just say, capable politicians out there.

A Crystal Clear and Articulate Politition. I suppose the Truth is always that much easier to speak.

An amazing intelligent woman. Let’s hope she makes it into government.

An intelligent woman. Lets hope Mary Lou is the next Taoiseach. Over a hundred years of pratically the same government and Ireland needs change.

Most world businesses are looking at island of Ireland and E.U to locate when they' invest in Europe, 7 out of 9 counties of Ulster are European and Irish.

Mary is a smart competent leader that northern Ireland needs.

Kay Burley not doing her research having ti be schooled by Mary Lou 😂😂

The title of the video doesn't match what she actually said.

The title is a bit disingenuous, no? Could easily be interpreted to be almost the exact opposite of what she's saying.

4:18 WTF?!! is going on with kay burly, saying NI voted for Brexit when NI voted to remain?!! Why is she saying that? Is she a Brexiter trying to rewrite history? Or just exceptionally bad at her job?

Irish Foreign Minister "Mee-hall" Martin. He swapped being "Tee-shock" in recent weeks. Basic facts about your neighbours, its not that hard Sky.

Surprised by Kay Burley's tunnel-vision certainty that all will be well once dastardly Europe bends the knee.

Kay Burley asking obtuse questions intended to roil up the interviewee gets old very fast. She does a much weaker interview than she's able for in the cause of drama. Pity she's not as invested in journalism.

Mary Lou for Taoiseach!

@skynews do a bit of reserch and find out who the Irish PM is in 2023 it is not Micheal Martin

Brilliant 👏

Scotland and NI voted remain these two countries have the intelligence to see through the Tory Party crimes🤔😉

Love Mary Lou so much. Our knew leader

@skynews headline is clickbait, not what she said.

Britain and even the UK as a whole is disunited politically, socially, and culturally. The poor political choices and decisions of Brexit have made the lack of unity ever clearer for the entire world to see. It's not just disunited, it's also completely imbalanced. Politically, it has devolved governments, but most of the power lies in Tory Westminster which has the UK at political loggerheads. Brexit was divisive and it shows how disunited the UK is with the region of Northern Ireland and the country of Scotland voting No to Brexit. The UK is literally split down the middle in the Brexit debacle which makes it politically disunited. Furthermore, the UK isn't a voluntary union because Scotland is actively being denied another independence referendum post Brexit - this, again, makes it a disunited partnership and an imbalanced one. Welsh and Scottish independence is growing while talks of a United/Shared Ireland are on everyone's lips - this, again, demonstrates a disunited and imbalanced union. Socially and culturally it is also divided and disunited as the different parts have their own culture and language + Britain has become increasingly "British Asian". Brexit itself limits multiculturalism and encourages exclusive nationalism and nativism which in effect breeds racism and xenophobia (the very core of Brexit). Try convincing yourself that Plague Island is united, but it's DISUNITED and IMBALANCED as well as undemocratic and unjust. And it's actively breaking up! 😅

Wtaf? Blaming EU? Kay needs to leave now its like we r back in Boris land with nonsense pouring out of the media

Well said Marie keep it lit 😅

Kay Burley is proof enough for me that a united Ireland is better for the north. Her perspective is of a privileged coloniser and how dare anyone treat us fairly or as an equal - we're British so bow down!

A United Ireland before I die. PLEASE.

I’m not Irish if I would vote I would vote for her! I think she cares the people!

The end is NI

Kay new and was told not to Fool around here with the Irish leader of Ireland republican national people

It is very simple, the UK Government announce the Border Poll for Northern Ireland as a majority has now been reached under the rules of the GFA. IF the DUP do not return to there jobs in Stormont. Place a border poll 1 week after deadline to the return of Stormont's deadline to the DUP. We can see a rapid DUP return.

"We" Marge forgets that she doesn't speaking for anyone in Northern Ireland. If SF want to represent the people of Northern then get O'NEIL on the panel.

Ireland Playing senior Hurling UK playing junior B

Donegal ?

She has a nerve to complain about people going on strike stormont hasn't sat for years

The Unionists and Nationalists can't even sit around a table together and some people think there will be a united Ireland?!!? I don't think so.

Mrs Holy Mary Lou hey beautiful

Switzerland is landlocked by the EU but that works 🙄 where there’s a will there’s a way, where there’s no will, there’s no way. 🤔

I wonder where all the money going to uneasily party's of the rich

Not a SF fan here in Ireland but respect Mary Lou to some degree Will consider voting when she refers to the current state as the Republic of Ireland, she does not recognize it and has not called it by name in the entire interview, Why, how can she lead a country she doesn't belive should exist

What a woman 😍

"As a health crisis looms", this isn't conspired a crisis already?

👏🇮🇪🔥

Mary Lou is a very intelligent politician, intelligent in the sense that she knows exactly what to say to suit the audience shes talking to...but being articulate and intelligent does not equate with honorable morals and principles.

Mary Lou saying United Ireland is once in a life time while there’s no nhs, housing crisis, the price of living is through the roof and there now the eu’s dumping ground no thanks. Sinn Fein always forget to mention that yes they are the biggest party in Northern Ireland but unionists hold more seats and also forgot to mention when the foreign Secretary came to Northern Ireland a few days ago to help sort out the protocol Sinn Fein walked out of the meeting and they also have refused to take there seats in the government numerous times in the past

Europe is our neighbors over the water surely we should have a trade deal with the French to begin with has closest EU country along with Ireland I'm struggling to see why and what has changed in regards to statutes and laws regulation what I do know is a lot of houses are being sold and alot of land is being claimed and built on ect now who's land is this in what region and how many people reside in the UK ?

Limbo is not good

Thought McDonald's going on strike now

Wandering from one church to another is called the crusades

Why do people think the NHS is so good?

but yet sf only grew as a party because it was the only eurosceptic party before and now its the complete opposite which clearly states how it will also act for a united ireland, just follows the mainstream narrative to suit itself but never sticks to the roots it grew by

WHY IS MARY LOU IRISH REPUBLIC NOT UK NI POLITICANS GO HOME AND MIND HER OWN BUSINESS

Calling NI The North of Ireland is like calling Wales the west of Britain 😂😂

Northern Ireland will never be solved, the political sides can never see eye to eye.

🤚It's Northern Ireland 🤚

The Republic of Ireland doesn't even have an NHS. So a bit rich for Sinn Fein to preach about the NHS, if they had their way, there NI would join the Republic and lose the NHS.

Why is an Irish TD giving opinions on the UK health system?

Britain out of Ireland, who are they to call anyone an invader....... Ireland is occupied against the will of the majority of the Ìrish on the Island of Ireland.......try dress it up whatever way ye want.......

Hello from Paul in Dublin 7 Ireland 🇮🇪 I'll never vote for sinn fein again next time iam voting for cleare daly iam in my 60 ts iam a irish republican enough is enough for me and sinn fein as Thomas j Clarke said sinn fein are alright up to a point

As ever, Shinners manipulate the media with skill. I fear for the future.

Sinn Fein: "Brits out, Africans in". Traitors to Eire- this one makes me sick! From Ireland!!!

Says the woman who justified the murders of the innocent. Keep your views on morals to yourself

"Brits Out, Somalis In." (Sinn Fein)

Ulster is BRITISH

British union strikes are nothing to do with Irish politicians. Mind your own business Mary Lou

Disgusting saying that imperialism and the British are so bad there is a million Unionsts in Northern Ireland who are part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and that will never ever change

WHY DOSNT SHE MIND HER OWN BUSINESS IN OWN PARLIAMENT IN OWN COUNTRY... LET MICHELE BE LEADER AS ELECTED.... WORLDWIDE CRISIS..

My spelling bad in last comment but Mary don't forget our rebels don't forget governors ment u be a crook to look at it

The problem for Ireland is they live next door to wild girl Parliament And this dogcrap covered hornets nest is out there crabbing in the bushes right now So Ireland only have Germany Canada and Brazil left to do a deal with

Stop paying DUP MLAs now