Stormont ministers fail to agree extension of Covid-19 restrictions in Northern Ireland
A four-week circuit-break lockdown that has forced the closure of much of the hospitality sector in Northern Ireland is due to end on Thursday.
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A four-week circuit-break lockdown that has forced the closure of much of the hospitality sector in Northern Ireland is due to end on Thursday.
Some credit the short-lived opposition for helping to expose the ‘cash for ash’ scandal.
Publishing a draft text prior to securing a deal represent a new approach.
The fight over the Irish language remains the key stumbling block.
Other parties are calling the return to Stormont a ‘stunt’.
A no-deal Brexit could spell the return of direct rule to Northern Ireland.
Karen Bradley and Simon Coveney said they “believe that there is a genuine but narrow window of opportunity to reach agreement in the immediate period ahead”.
The executive dissolved in January 2017.
Talks are set to commence following the local elections in Northern Ireland next week.
The talks are expected to begin after Northern Ireland’s local elections.
DUP leader Arlene Foster yesterday said that talks between her party and Sinn Féin had failed on the issue of the Irish language.
It’s now one year since the power sharing executive in Northern Ireland collapsed after Sinn Féin walked out on government, citing a number of key issues with their partners the DUP.
Michelle O’Neill said the DUP has not acknowledged the reasons for Martin McGuinness’ resignation.
Trimble says the party is avoiding negotiations.
Utility back Jack Kelly had been named captain before the tournament kicked off, but injury has forced ‘the armband’ to be passed along.
If talks on forming a government collapse, a possible return to direct rule from Westminster is on the table.
Arlene Foster has been named as DUP leader, and will take over the top job in January.
The Northern Ireland Executive could be on the verge of collapsing. How and why did we get here?
As for Sinn Féin and Fine Gael sharing power? “It would be a most unlikely alliance.”
This is the second opinion poll in the last two weeks that has seen Fianna Fáil rise to the top.
The Zimbabwean president, speaking on his 88th birthday, also gave tips on how to live a long life.
Morgan Tsvangirai has been part of an unlikely power-sharing agreement with Robert Mugabe since 2009 but tensions have continued to simmer.