Leo Varadkar urges the UK government to work with his administration to restore power-sharing.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will meet NI political leaders in Belfast later.There has been no devolved government since February 2022 when the Democratic Unionist Party withdrew.
"The UK government firmly believes that the three-stranded approach set out in the agreement offers the best route to securing the timely restoration of the NI institutions, and our commitment to it remains unchanged." Unionist politicians argue post-Brexit trading arrangements undermine Northern Ireland's position in the UK.
Mr Varadkar said his conversations with the UK government and the Stormont parties still gave him hope that the executive could be revived this autumn.Who will meet Leo Varadkar?
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