Britain and Ireland make a new push to restore Northern Ireland's collapsed government, amid mounting pressure for political action after the killing of a journalist by a banned militant group.
Britain and Ireland made a new push Friday to restore Northern Ireland's collapsed government, responding to public outrage at the killing of a journalist by a banned militant group.
Northern Ireland's 1.8 million people have been without a functioning administration since the power-sharing government collapsed in January 2017 over a botched green-energy project. The rift soon widened to broader cultural and political issues separating Northern Ireland's British unionists and Irish nationalists.
McKee, 29, was a rising star of journalism, who had written powerfully about growing up gay in Northern Ireland and the struggles of the generation of"cease-fire babies" raised after the 1998 Good Friday peace accord that ended three decades of sectarian violence. In a joint statement, May and Varadkar said they had heard"the unmistakable message to all political leaders that people across Northern Ireland want to see a new momentum for political progress."
"This time it's different," Irish Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney said at the Belfast news conference alongside Bradley."I think there is a real understanding that Northern Ireland desperately needs its own government right now."
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