roundtable talks
Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald writes to Prime Minister to 'air concerns over exclusion'
THE BRITISH government has been urged to convene fresh talks involving Stormont's parties after yesterday's planned roundtable was overshadowed by the "unprecedented" exclusion of Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald.
John Manley: Erskine House calamity won’t derail the process but it does little to instil confidence in those overseeing it
IT’S clear that the two governments hoped to begin 2023 by bringing fresh, co-ordinated momentum to the process aimed at restoring the Stormont institutions.
Secretary of state 'bereft of a plan' for restoring Stormont after roundtable with parties yields nothing
SECRETARY of State Chris Heaton-Harris was yesterday accused of being "bereft of a plan" for restoring the devolved institutions after roundtable talks with Stormont's main parties failed to yield any breakthough in the current impasse.