Letters to the Editor: Replace the big parties if they collapse the North's institutions

John Cushnahan says power-sharing must be put on a firmer footing, while other readers consider topics including student accommodation, EV charging infrastructure, and the forthcoming referenda

First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly at Stormont Castle in Belfast following the restoration of the powersharing executive. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

During a time when world headlines have been dominated by depressing accounts of human suffering caused by man’s inhumanity to man in the Middle East and Ukraine, it is rather ironic that a “good news” story from Northern Ireland has temporarily displaced them.

The restoration of Northern Ireland’s power-sharing executive which was the central objective of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) is a heart-warming welcome development. It has been enriched by the positive and reconciliatory tone of the acceptance speeches delivered in the Stormont chamber by the new first minister, Michelle O’Neill, and deputy first minister, Emma Little-Pengelly.