Time for Big Two to tackle top four issues

In order to avoid falling back into the grim, segregated politics of the past, it is crucial that the North’s Executive reaches agreement over the four divisive issues which have blighted its existence so far.

In order to avoid falling back into the grim, segregated politics of the past, it is crucial that the North’s Executive reaches agreement over the four divisive issues which have blighted its existence so far.

Last Thursday, the Executive in the North began working again, ending a five-month standoff between the DUP and Sinn Féin. Both ministers in the First Minister’s office, Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness, were on hand to assure the ...