Northern Ireland
Leo Varadkar and Rishi Sunak to meet new leaders of Stormont Executive
Taoiseach will attend a string of meetings in Northern Ireland commencing Monday morning
Leo Varadkar and Rishi Sunak are set to visit Northern Ireland to meet the leaders of the new powersharing Executive.
The Assembly returned on Saturday following a two-year political deadlock, with Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill making history as Northern Ireland’s first nationalist First Minister.
The institutions were restored following a deal between the UK government and the DUP to allay unionist concerns over post-Brexit trading arrangements.
Both the Taoiseach and the UK Prime Minister will ...