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    Bid to recall Stormont Assembly next week

    by Rebecca Black Jan 12, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    A bid is under way to have the Stormont Assembly recalled next week.

    Sinn Fein is attempting to bring the recall on Wednesday – the day before trade unions are planning one of the largest public sector strikes Northern Ireland has seen in recent history.

    Thursday is also the deadline for Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris to call fresh Assembly elections if devolved government in Northern Ireland has not been restored.

    The Assembly has been effectively collapsed for almost two years. The DUP is refusing to participate until unionist concerns around post-Brexit trading arrangements are addressed.

    Sinn Fein’s Stormont leader

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