Ireland’s premier said it was more important for the new UK Government to work with Ireland in supporting the powersharing institutions at Stormont, Paralel.Az reports citing East London Advertiser.

Following the General Election, Sinn Fein emerged for the first time with the largest representation among Northern Ireland parties at Westminster.

The republican party’s president Mary Lou McDonald took the opportunity to urge new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to “embrace the right of Irish self-determination and constitutional change toward Irish reunification”.

However, Sir Keir has previously stated that the issue of a united Ireland is not on his horizon.

Speaking on Sunday, new Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said he believed the prospect of a vote on Irish unity is “off into the distance”.