Northern Ireland: new Prime Minister promises referendum in 10 years. Michelle O'Neill, 47, became the first pro-unification politician to be appointed head of the Northern Irish government.
“My election as Prime Minister demonstrates the change that is happening on this island,” she said in an interview broadcast on Sky News on Sunday. For its part, the British government “sees no realistic prospect” of such a referendum and believes the future of Northern Ireland is “assured for the decades to come” within the United Kingdom.