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By Amanda Ferguson

UK considering delay to Northern Ireland elections, Ireland minister says

FILE PHOTO: Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney attends a high level meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the situation amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

The UK government could change the law to delay elections in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland's foreign minister said on Wednesday after a meeting with the British minister for the region.

The deadline passed last week for forming a power-sharing government following elections in May and Britain's Minister for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris said he was legally obliged to call new elections within 12 weeks.

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