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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Young

O’Neill insists Executive disagreements are not a sign of Stormont instability

First Minister Michelle O’Neill (left) and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Archive)

Stormont’s First Minister has insisted that recent disagreements and tensions within the powersharing executive are not evidence of instability.

Michelle O’Neill said there would always be differences of opinion in a mandatory coalition arrangement involving four parties with often opposing positions, but stressed there were “lots of things” that unite the current administration.

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