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

The Assembly returned on Saturday following a two-year political deadlock. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

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 ...