It's the never-ending game of political football here in Northern Ireland
“Alternatives” should be discussed if Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government is not restored by the autumn, the Irish premier has claimed.
“That’s very much a conversation that I’m keen to have with the UK Government. I don’t want to speculate too much at the moment, because I still believe it is possible to get the institutions up and running in the autumn. “We are co-guarantors of the Good Friday Agreement and if the Good Friday Agreement isn’t working, if institutions aren’t functioning, well, then it makes sense that the British and Irish governments work together to talk about what arrangements could be put in place.”
Amid pressure on the DUP to return to powersharing to respond to issues such as long healthcare waiting lists and the cost-of-living crisis, the party has argued the onus is on the UK Government to create the conditions to allow for Stormont’s revival. DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said he spoke to Mr Varadkar about “matters of mutual interest and concern”.
“If we do not resolve this and resolve it quickly, then I think the window of opportunity to do so ahead of a general election that is coming in the UK, and a general election which will be subsequently coming in the south, will close.”He also urged the UK Government to talk to the Stormont parties more.
“We need to see resolution to this quickly because devolution could be moving past a point of no return,” he said.
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