Tag: Belfast

• Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 12:38 UTC

  Dublin does not accept direct rule from London in North Ireland

  

  The Irish government would expect to have a “real and meaningful involvement” in Northern Ireland if efforts to restore Stormont fail, the Irish prime minister has said. Leo Varadkar said he would not support a return to direct rule from London if time is called on talks to restore a power-sharing government in Belfast, and anticipated he would make a fresh bid for a deal in January.