Simon Coveney to urge state talks on restoring power-sharing

Tánaiste Simon Coveney will further press the British government today to reinstate a special conference between both governments to assist the resumption of power-sharing in the North.

The Foreign Affairs minister will meet Northern Secretary Karen Bradley in London and again seek an answer to Ireland’s request for the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIGC) to meet.

Sinn Féin wants the conference convened, which would see formal talks on the North between ministers from both sides and between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and British prime minister Theresa May. The bilateral co-operation is allowed for under the Good Friday Agreement.