The DUP and Sinn Fein have until 1pm next Monday to nominate a new First Minister and Deputy First Minister for the North.
It’s after the resignation of Arlene Foster as First Minister – effectively dissolving the Executive.
If both parties can’t agree to a power-sharing deal by next week, then it will trigger a snap Assembly Election.
Speaking in Stormont this afternoon, outgoing Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill said her party will approach power-sharing talks in the same way they did previously………..