Party leaders meet at Stormont Castle

Party leaders have met at Stormont Castle to discuss priorities for the incoming Executive.

The first sitting of the Northern Ireland Assembly in two years is set to take place at 1pm on Saturday.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said on Thursday that his party would end its two-year Stormont boycott over post-Brexit trading arrangements giving the Assembly recall the green light.

The announcement came after two pieces of legislation contained in a deal to resurrect devolution were fast-tracked through the House of Commons.

Speculation is mounting as to who will take up ministerial roles.

When the Northern Ireland Assembly reconvenes at Parliament Buildings it will witness the historically significant moment of the appointment of its first nationalist first minister, Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill.

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