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O’Neill insists it is ‘business as usual’ at Stormont following DUP upheaval

Source: PA Wire

Northern Ireland’s First Minister has insisted it is “business as usual” at Stormont despite the leadership upheaval within the DUP.

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill was commenting after joining ministerial colleagues at a meeting with counterparts from the Irish government in Armagh.

The first meeting of the North South Ministerial Council in almost three years was the first substantive engagement for Stormont ministers following the Easter recess – a period in which Sir Jeffrey Donaldson quit as DUP leader after being charged with historical sexual offences, including a

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