NI Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris (chhcalling) and Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney (simoncoveney) met earlier, with the secretary of state saying he will call a Stormont election if an executive is not formed within a month - read more here:
Chris Heaton-Harris was speaking following a meeting with Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney at Hillsborough Castle.
The met to discuss the stalemate at Stormont, where there has not been a fully-functioning executive since February.over the Northern Ireland Protocol, which is part of the post-Brexit trade agreement. Mr Coveney said it would be an "extraordinary failure of politics" for Stormont to approach the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement next year with the institutions collapsed.
Mr Coveney said: "The messages coming out of London are quite different from what we heard a few months ago." Under the terms of the relevant legislation, if a first minister and deputy first minister are not appointed by 28 October:The offices of first and deputy first minister and the other ministerial offices can no longer legally be filledThe secretary of state is required, as soon as practicable, to propose a date for an Assembly election which must take place within 12 weeks
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