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The Latest Breaking News from Stormont

Momentum on restoring powersharing in Northern Ireland ‘seems to have ebbed’

Powersharing is unable to function in Northern Ireland without the support of the region’s largest unionist and nationalist parties.

The Independent UK

Donaldson says he cannot be certain Stormont will return by end of year

The DUP leader has repeated that ‘significant’ gaps remain between the UK Government and his party’s position.

The Independent UK

Significant gaps still remain in trade border impasse talks – Donaldson

The DUP leader said he would not put a timetable on any deal with the Government.

The Independent UK

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Use US trade delegation visit as spur to bring Stormont back – O’Neill

The delegation of US business leaders met political leaders in Northern Ireland on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Negotiations with DUP over trade border impasse in final phase, MPs told

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris also said he was not minded to change the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement.

The Independent UK

‘No justification’ in DUP delay in returning to Stormont – Finucane

The Sinn Fein MP was speaking as DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson suggested the next few weeks will be ‘vital’.

The Independent UK

Powersharing essential for building Union case, Donaldson tells DUP conference

The leader delivered his keynote speech at his party’s annual conference in Belfast.

The Independent UK

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DUP talking to Labour but pressing for deal for return with current Government

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said he does not want to wait another year for a deal that will allow his party to return to Stormont.

The Independent UK

PM hopeful that talks with DUP moving to ‘positive’ conclusion, says Varadkar

Northern Ireland’s main unionist party is boycotting the powersharing institutions at Stormont in protest at post-Brexit trading arrangements.

The Independent UK

Gaps remain between Government and DUP on trade border impasse, says Donaldson

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson addressed a meeting of his party executive in Lurgan, Co Armagh on Thursday night.

The Independent UK

Next few weeks ‘critical’ in efforts to restore Stormont Assembly – O’Neill

The DUP is also holding a meeting of its party executive in Lurgan.

The Independent UK

DUP gathering will deal with ‘routine business’ – Sir Jeffrey Donaldson

There had been speculation over the planned gathering in Lurgan, Co Armagh, in terms of the party’s boycott of the Stormont Assembly.

The Independent UK

Patience with DUP Stormont blockade has run out, says Michelle O’Neill

The Sinn Fein vice president said she wanted to see a plan from the British and Irish governments to restore the powersharing institutions.

The Independent UK

Environmentalists hold ‘wake’ for Lough Neagh over toxic algae bloom

Campaigners dressed in black and carried a makeshift coffin.

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DUP leader blasts Taoiseach’s ‘megaphone diplomacy’ over Northern Ireland

NI political representatives are attending the NI Investment Summit.

The Independent UK

Senior Irish and British ministers remain at odds over Taoiseach comments

NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris termed comments by Leo Varadkar around Irish unity and Stormont as ‘unhelpful’.

The Independent UK

DUP pressurised by small number of hardliners to stay out of Stormont – Baker

The Northern Ireland minister urged those hardliners to consider what sort of future they want for the region.

The Independent UK

Dublin comments ‘unhelpful’ amid efforts to restore Stormont – Heaton-Harris

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the Stormont stalemate cannot be allowed indefinitely.

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The Independent UK

Government bailout will not solve NI’s financial problems – Chris Heaton-Harris

The Northern Ireland Secretary was speaking at the British-Irish Association Conference.

The Guardian - UK

Files reveal terms ministers were warned not to use in Northern Ireland

Advice was part of briefing for Peter Mandelson when he became Labour’s Northern Ireland secretary in 1999

The Independent UK

Governments need to work with common strategy on Stormont return – Varadkar

The Taoiseach also said he was hopeful that Stormont would return in the autumn.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal means more red tape for business, peers warn

The prime minister’s Windsor Framework, agreed with Brussels this year, will create ‘more burdensome’ bureaucracy for many firms than the status quo, peers said

The Independent UK

Stormont powersharing restoration talks making progress, Heaton-Harris says

The NI Secretary has been meeting political leaders over the Stormont stalemate.

The Independent UK

Union body warns of ‘carnival of industrial unrest’ in NI over public sector pay

Public sector pay decisions in Northern Ireland are devolved to ministers at Stormont, but the powersharing institutions are currently not operating.

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