Independent Alliance ministers decide against trip to North Korea

The trip by Shane Ross, Finian McGrath and John Halligan to North Korea is definitely off — and it was only ever a project they had talked about and had never developed to a stage where they were going, according to the transport minister.

Furthermore Mr Ross also claimed last night he had not seen a letter about the trip that John Halligan sent to the North Korean embassy in London.

“It’s off. The trip to North Korea is not government policy and we are not going to do anything which is in breach of government policy,” insisted Mr Ross in an interview on Prime Time.