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Northern Ireland secretary to hold further roundtable talks with Stormont parties

The meeting is expected to discuss the power-sharing stalemate and Stormont's budget in the absence of devolved government

Belfast Live

Mary Lou McDonald says public should direct anger towards Government instead of refugees

Speaking on RTE Radio’s The Week Ms McDonald blamed a “very small fringe” for whipping up anger against refugees

Dublin Live

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar confirms cost of living measures to end after February

The Government introduced several measures last year in a bid to tackle the cost of living, which included €200 energy credits

Dublin Live

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Latest power-sharing deadline in Northern Ireland passes without a breakthrough

The Government is to hold back on calling an election in the short term amid hopes the EU and UK can strike a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol

Evening Standard

Stormont: Latest powersharing deadline in NI passes without a breakthrough

The UK government has once again assumed a legal duty to call a snap Assembly election in the region within 12 weeks

Belfast Live

Latest powersharing deadline in Northern Ireland passes without a breakthrough

The Government is to hold back on calling an election in the short term amid hopes the EU and UK can strike a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Independent UK

‘Everyone has obligation in respect of NI legacy, including Sinn Fein’ – Martin

The Irish foreign minister was speaking after the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference in Dublin.

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Solving protocol impasse can solve powersharing deadlock, Heaton-Harris insists

The Northern Ireland Secretary has made clear he will not act immediately on his renewed legal obligation to call a snap Stormont election.

The Independent UK

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

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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The Independent UK

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

Belfast Live

Chris Heaton Harris defends excluding Sinn Fein leader from talks

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

The Independent UK

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.

Irish Mirror

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

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The Independent UK

‘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

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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