Late-night executive meeting as ministers clash over call for travel ban

Health minister Robin Swann (left) and finance minister Conor Murphy during a Coronavirus media briefing (Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA)

Stormont executive ministers are holding an emergency late-night meeting amid a row over whether a Great Britain travel ban should be introduced.

The meeting was convened at short notice on Monday in response to a paper health minister Robin Swann had circulated to ministerial colleagues ahead of a scheduled meeting on Tuesday.