Nationalists looking at ‘new constitutional horizons’, Belfast conference hears
DUP’s ‘sneering contempt’ for parity of esteem and Irish language criticised
Deputy leader of Fianna Fail Dara Calleary (left), Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald (second left), SDLP leader Colum Eastwood and Minister for Education Joe McHugh (right) at today’s conference in Belfast. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA
Brexit has changed everything leading to a current “seismic shift” within nationalism, one of the main organisers of a “civic nationalism” conference stated at the Belfast Waterfront Hall on Saturday.
Up to 1,500 people who are attending the “Beyond Brexit – The Future or Ireland” conference heard Belfast solicitor Niall Murphy say that nationalists in Northern Ireland were now “looking to new constitutional and political horizons”.