The Northern Ireland Secretary will hold talks with the North’s party leaders today following his failure to call a fresh assembly election on Friday.
Chris Heaton-Harris has a legal obligation to call an election after Stormont politicians failed to reform an executive six months on from May’s assembly election.
The DUP is refusing to re-enter powersharing over its objection to the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Fine Gael spokesperson on European Affairs Neale Richmond believes a deal is unlikely.