Talks aimed at restoring power sharing in the North are due to take place today.
Secretary of State Karen Bradley and Foreign Minister Simon Coveney are expected to meet the five main political parties in Belfast.
It comes as the SDLP warns that both governments need to ‘wake up to the political reality that they are not bystanders in Northern Ireland politics’.
The party says the Governments role is not alone to facilitate, but to forcefully drive Stormont negotiations to a conclusion.
New Dean of Belfast Stephen Forde says many people are counting on the politicians to return:
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