Swann likely to request more restrictions ahead of hospitality sector reopening

The region’s four-week circuit-break lockdown has been extended by one week (Liam McBurney/PA)

Stormont’s health minister has said he is likely to be asking for further coronavirus restrictions for the North before the scheduled reopening of the hospitality sector.

Robin Swann’s remarks raise the prospect of more executive discord in the near future, following a week when the coalition administration was consumed with in-fighting over its pandemic response.