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Sinn Féin refuse to meet UK Foreign Secretary without Mary Lou McDonald
The SDLP also said it would not take part in the talks unless Mrs McDonald was allowed to attend.
Talks on Georgian and Victorian Belfast from the comfort of your own home
TALKS on Georgian and Victorian Belfast will soon be able to be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home.
Opposite extremists always appear to be on the same side of history
IN his recent statement, Lord Morrow, chairman of the DUP, claimed that compared to the 1974 Workers Council Strike and the 1985 loyalist protests against the Anglo-Irish Agreement, the recent unionist protests were of “equal seriousness”. He went on to claim that the authorities have continued to “show total and absolute capitulation to the demands of militant republicanism”.
DUP has nothing to lose by engaging with Dublin government
THE British government has always taken unilateral decisions whenever it suits, and breaking the agreement with the EU is only one example in a long list of treachery over the decades.
Fionnuala O Connor: Few talks on anything remotely contentious have ever happened without unionist objection
It may be the first time an Archbishop of Canterbury has been pushed to deny that he hosted talks about ‘victims’ with no ‘victims’ present.
Discussions between UK and Ireland over Christmas with Covid restrictions
Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove’s office said it is recognised that people in Northern Ireland will want to see family and friends across the island of Ireland.
City of London policy chief calls for proper recognition of NI financial services sector in EU-UK trade talks
THE policy chief of the City of London Corporation has called for the north’s financial services sector to be properly recognised during the UK’s future trading negotiations with the EU.
Newton Emerson: Issue of opposition should be a key question for the talks yet it's not on the official agenda
Whether Stormont should return with an opposition is arguably the most profound question facing parties at the current talks, yet it is not an official item on the agenda.
'Immediate action needed to reinvigorate north's stagnant economy' warns chamber president
BUSINESSES in the north need to see “immediate, substantial action to reinvigorate our stagnant economy”, NI Chamber president John Healy has said.
A restored executive must deliver good governance
The leaders of Ireland's four main Churches have expressed disappointment that it was not possible for devolution to be restored before Christmas but urged the parties to 'go that extra mile.