Tánaiste calls for debate on reform of Stormont institutions

Though he had refrained from discussing such reforms during the years when powersharing had collapsed, he said it is now time to discuss improvements

Speaking at the Alliance Party conference in Belfast, Micheál Martin said he had been “doing a lot of thinking” about how Northern Ireland’s political institutions could become more stable. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has called for a debate on reforming Northern Ireland’s powersharing institutions.

The Foreign Affairs Minister said young adults have had “very little opportunity” to see politics deliver for them and the public has “zero tolerance for another cycle of suspension, disenfranchisement and political torpor”.