Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill said she couldn't ignore U.S. President Donald Trump's comments about expelling Palestinians from Gaza.

The First Minister of Northern Ireland and other Sinn Fein leaders will boycott St Patrick’s Day celebrations at the White House over Donald Trump’s call to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

Leaders of Sinn Fein will not travel to the White House to participate in St. Patrick's Day festivities in Washington, D.C. next month, the left-wing political party in Ireland and Northern Ireland said Friday.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill said on Friday she would not attend St Patrick's Day events at the White House in protest over President Donald Trump's position on Gaza.

Sinn Fein leaders say they will not attend St Patrick’s Day events at the White House in protest over United States President Donald Trump’s position on Gaza.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin should go to the White House on St Patrick’s Day, Mary Lou McDonald has said, but he should confront US president Donald Trump over his “dangerous” rhetoric on Gaza.

Sinn Féin will boycott St Patrick's Day events at the White House next month over US President Donald Trump's stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict. The party's first minister at Stormont, Michelle O'Neill, will not travel to Washington DC for the annual event.

Party leaders to snub Washington events in ‘principled stance’ against Trump’s call to expel Palestinians from territory

Sinn Féin’s leaders say 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 the Gaza Peninsula

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