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New election possible in N.Ireland if stalemate continues: UK

Dublin (AFP) - Fresh elections could be held in Northern Ireland if a deadline passes without the resumption of power-sharing government in Belfast, a senior British minister indicated on Thursday.

AFP

Companies linked to Paschal Donohoe's poster pal got €8.7m in Government payments over six years

Minister Donohoe has insisted he had no role in the awarding of contracts to companies run by Michael Stone

Dublin Live

Paschal Donohoe reveals Michael Stone made two more donations to Fine Gael as he's accused of 'concocting' story

Mr Donohoe apologised to Mr Stone in the Dáil, saying that he is a “man of the very highest standards"

Irish Mirror

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Mary Lou McDonald vows support for sibling who transitioned from male to female last year

She said Ireland was on a 'learning curve' on gender identity and would not be in a position to follow Scotland’s overhaul of transgender laws.

Irish Mirror

Mary Lou McDonald says she fully supports trans sibling

The Sinn Fein leader said Ireland was on a 'learning curve' on gender identity and would not be in a position to follow Scotland’s overhaul of transgender laws

Dublin Live

Poll: 66% say Sinn Fein was right to withdraw from talks with Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

The controversy overshadowed a series of political talks to discuss how to resolve the Northern Ireland Protocol impasse

Belfast Live

Just 36 new refuge spaces open in Ireland for women seeking escape from domestic violence

Ireland had 181 domestic violence accommodation units operational in 2022

Irish Mirror

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Rishi Sunak must defy Tory ‘Brexit purity cult’ to get protocol deal, says Starmer

Labour leader offers ‘political cover’ – as he urges PM to stand up to MPs in European Research Group

The Independent UK

Chris Heaton Harris defends excluding Sinn Fein leader from talks

"There are many factors which go into the thought process"

Belfast Live

Exclusion of party leaders from NI protocol meetings must end – McDonald

The row over Mary Lou McDonald’s exclusion from a meeting this week has overshadowed talks on the protocol and Stormont crisis.

The Independent UK

Sinn Fein's Mary Lou McDonald believes stalemate on Northern Irish protocol could 'move quickly'

Brexit talks collapsed yesterday after Ms McDonald excluded from meetings with the British Foreign Secretary

Irish Mirror

‘Not wise’ to invite Sinn Fein leader to NI Protocol meeting – Heaton-Harris

Sir Keir Starmer, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Micheal Martin are all in Northern Ireland for talks on the protocol.

The Independent UK

Warning that EU and UK not close to protocol deal as political talks take place

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson’s comments came as Leo Varadkar, Micheal Martin and Sir Keir Starmer are all in Northern Ireland for talks over the protocol.

The Independent UK

Varadkar and Starmer head to Belfast as attempts to resolve protocol row ramp up

A meeting held by Foreign Secretary James Cleverly went awry after Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald was not allowed to take part.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Varadkar hopes exclusion of McDonald from protocol talks is not ‘new precedent’

The Sinn Fein leader was told she could not attend the meeting.

Belfast Live

Analysis: Not so clever from UK government as Sinn Fein snub overshadows Foreign Secretary visit

At a time when Stormont has collapsed amid cost-of-living pressures, the government may well be seen as needlessly petty

The Guardian - UK

Cleverly’s Brexit talks left in disarray by Sinn Féin and SDLP no-shows

Sinn Féin accuses UK government of ‘Tory petulance’ claiming its leader Mary Lou McDonald had been excluded from the talks

The Guardian - UK

More NHS staff to strike as Rishi Sunak confirms use of private healthcare – as it happened

Latest updates: physiotherapists the latest group to announce industrial action as PM says he is now registered with an NHS GP

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The Independent UK

Sinn Fein withdrawal overshadows Cleverly talks with parties on protocol

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald accused the British Government of ‘Tory petulance’ after she said she was excluded from political talks.

Belfast Live

Sinn Fein withdraws from talks with James Cleverly after Mary Lou McDonald 'excluded'

The Foreign Secretary was due to meet Stormont party leaders in Belfast to discuss the protocol and the collapse of devolution

The Independent UK

Sinn Fein pulls out of protocol meeting after party leader ‘excluded’

The roundtable talks with Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will concentrate on the NI Protocol and the powersharing crisis at Stormont.

Irish Mirror

David Cullinane denies Sinn Féin's recent dip in polls is linked to mentions of party in Gerry Hutch trial

Former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall was sentenced to four years in prison last year for facilitating the murder of David Byrne in Dublin’s Regency Hotel in February 2016

Irish Mirror

Ivana Bacik non-committal on ruling out Labour coalition with Sinn Féin

In an interview with the Irish Mirror, Ivana Bacik said that her "personal opinion" remains that Labour should not go into coalition with Sinn Fein but refused to rule it out.

Dublin Live

Leo Varadkar 'would rather resign' than go into coalition with Sinn Fein

The Fine Gael leader said he would be "totally against" sharing power with Mary Lou McDonald's party

Irish Mirror

Leo Varadkar would resign from Fine Gael rather than go into coalition with Sinn Féin

The Taoiseach made the comments on a new RTE documentary

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