The DUP has criticised a decision by Sinn Fein not to send anyone to a White House gathering in protest over American president Donald Trump’s recent remarks on Palestine.

Sinn Féin’s White House boycott is a “manoeuvre” to set First Minister Michelle O’Neill up for an Irish presidential bid, the leader of the DUP has suggested.

The party confirms that DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly would attend any event in the White House if invited.

Sinn Féin's leaders said Friday they will not attend a traditional St. Patrick's Day event next month at the White House as a protest against President Donald Trump's stance on Gaza. The Irish party's leader Mary Lou McDonald said the Trump administration's position was “catastrophically” wrong and she was taking “a principled stance against the threat of mass expulsion of the Palestinian people from Gaza.

First Minister Michelle O'Neill says her decision not to travel to Washington DC for the annual festivities is one of principle.

Sinn Fein’s White House boycott is a “manoeuvre” to set First Minister Michelle O’Neill up for an Irish presidential bid, the leader of the DUP has suggested. On Friday, Sinn Fein announced that the party’s president Mary Lou McDonald and Ms O’Neill,

Sinn Fein has defended its decision to boycott Washington DC for St Patrick’s Day amid criticism from political opponents across the island of Ireland. The party’s leadership, which normally travels to the US to mark the occasion every year,