Northern Ireland lockdown exit plan ‘offers careful, cautious and hopeful approach’

Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill in the Great Hall at Stormont before a meeting with the Assembly. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

Northern Ireland’s lockdown exit strategy offers a “careful, cautious and hopeful” plan for charting a journey out of restrictions, Michelle O’Neill has said.

Outlining the Pathway to Recovery plan to the Stormont Assembly, the deputy First Minister said the region would turn a corner in the battle against Covid-19 in 2021, but she stressed “we are not out of the woods”.