Politics
UK government set to publish deal which will set stage for Stormont return
Micheál Martin, the tánaiste and foreign affairs minister, will take part in talks with Northern Ireland’s main political parties in Belfast today
The British government is due to today publish the details of its deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which sets the stage for the return of the Stormont powersharing institutions.
Jeffrey Donaldson, the DUP leader, has already said that the agreement would remove all post-Brexit checks on goods destined for Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
The unionist party has been using a veto power to block Stormont’s devolved institutions for almost ...
