Irish Examiner view: No concrete moves in spite of whispers around Stormont 

The findings of Westminster’s Northern Ireland Affairs committee that the rules under which Stormont is run should be altered, seem both sensible and practicable. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

The stasis which has effectively been the sole remit of Stormont for more than 18 months as the DUP continues to block the power-sharing administration of Northern Ireland is, as we know, having a devastating effect on the lives of everyday people.

There have been many attempts — on both sides of the Irish Sea — to end the stalemate and try and embrace the DUP once more into the collective decision-making apparatus that was housed in Stormont, but none has been successful. That does not mean efforts to restore an effective working government in Northern Ireland have stopped, and the findings of Westminster’s Northern Ireland Affairs committee that the rules under which Stormont is run should be altered, seem both sensible and practicable.