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The Independent
27-02-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Irish premier cancels visit to meet political leaders in Northern Ireland
The Irish premier has cancelled a visit to meet political leaders in Northern Ireland on Thursday. Micheal Martin was due to travel to Belfast to hold meetings with First Minister Michelle O'Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, as well as the leaders of the Alliance Party and the SDLP. Sources in Belfast said that officials from Mr Martin's office cancelled the visit early on Thursday morning, stating that he had 'urgent international business' to address which occurred overnight. The Department of Taoiseach said the trip was cancelled 'due to a schedule change'. It was to be Mr Martin's first visit to Northern Ireland as Taoiseach since he was reappointed to the role. Mr Martin was due to deliver a keynote address at the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor Summit at the International Convention Centre in Belfast. It was planned that he would then travel to Stormont Castle where Ms O'Neill and Ms Little-Pengelly would host a meeting. The Fianna Fail leader was then to make his way to Parliament Buildings where he was to be greeted by the Speaker of the Assembly, Edwin Poots, which would have been followed by a meeting with Alliance Party leader Naomi Long and SDLP leader Claire Hanna. Speaking before the cancelled visit, Mr Martin said: 'I am very much looking forward to my first visit to Northern Ireland since becoming Taoiseach again, to meet with the First Minister and deputy First Minister and other political leaders. 'It is also a good opportunity to address the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor Summit, on the back of ambitious new funding for Shared Island initiatives to unlock potential in sustainable tourism, arts and culture, and economic growth.'
The Independent
27-02-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Micheal Martin to meet Volodymyr Zelensky at Shannon Airport before US trip
Irish premier Micheal Martin is to meet Volodymyr Zelensky at Shannon Airport before the Ukrainian president travels to the US, it has been confirmed. The two leaders will hold a meeting at around lunchtime. It comes as Mr Martin cancelled a visit to meet political leaders in Northern Ireland on Thursday. The Ukrainian president is briefly stopping in Shannon on his way to the US, where he plans to meet with US President Donald Trump. Mr Zelensky will visit the White House on Friday to finalise a deal on US access to Ukraine's minerals. Mr Martin had been due to travel to Belfast to hold meetings with First Minister Michelle O'Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, as well as the leaders of the Alliance Party and the SDLP. The Department of the Taoiseach had earlier said the trip was cancelled 'due to a schedule change'. It was to be Mr Martin's first visit to Northern Ireland as Taoiseach since he was reappointed to the role. Mr Martin was due to deliver a keynote address at the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor Summit at the International Convention Centre in Belfast. It was planned that he would then travel to Stormont Castle where Ms O'Neill and Ms Little-Pengelly would host a meeting. The Fianna Fail leader was then to make his way to Parliament Buildings where he was to be greeted by the Speaker of the Assembly, Edwin Poots, which would have been followed by a meeting with Alliance Party leader Naomi Long and SDLP leader Claire Hanna. Speaking before the cancelled visit, Mr Martin said: 'I am very much looking forward to my first visit to Northern Ireland since becoming Taoiseach again, to meet with the First Minister and deputy First Minister and other political leaders. 'It is also a good opportunity to address the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor Summit, on the back of ambitious new funding for Shared Island initiatives to unlock potential in sustainable tourism, arts and culture, and economic growth.'
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Irish premier cancels visit to meet political leaders in Northern Ireland
The Irish premier has cancelled a visit to meet political leaders in Northern Ireland on Thursday. Micheal Martin was due to travel to Belfast to hold meetings with First Minister Michelle O'Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, as well as the leaders of the Alliance Party and the SDLP. Sources in Belfast said that officials from Mr Martin's office cancelled the visit early on Thursday morning, stating that he had 'urgent international business' to address which occurred overnight. The Department of Taoiseach said the trip was cancelled 'due to a schedule change'. It was to be Mr Martin's first visit to Northern Ireland as Taoiseach since he was reappointed to the role. Mr Martin was due to deliver a keynote address at the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor Summit at the International Convention Centre in Belfast. It was planned that he would then travel to Stormont Castle where Ms O'Neill and Ms Little-Pengelly would host a meeting. The Fianna Fail leader was then to make his way to Parliament Buildings where he was to be greeted by the Speaker of the Assembly, Edwin Poots, which would have been followed by a meeting with Alliance Party leader Naomi Long and SDLP leader Claire Hanna. Speaking before the cancelled visit, Mr Martin said: 'I am very much looking forward to my first visit to Northern Ireland since becoming Taoiseach again, to meet with the First Minister and deputy First Minister and other political leaders. 'It is also a good opportunity to address the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor Summit, on the back of ambitious new funding for Shared Island initiatives to unlock potential in sustainable tourism, arts and culture, and economic growth.'
BBC News
27-02-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Stormont Ministers to try again to agree programme for government
The Northern Ireland Executive will try again later to agree its long-delayed programme for government a day after the decision was postponed.A scheduled meeting of the four-party devolved administration was pulled on Wednesday after Alliance Party minister Andrew Muir said he wanted more time to review the final characterised it as a "storm in a teacup", but the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) described the further delay as a "farce".The draft programme for government was agreed in September 2024 and sent out for public consultation. 'Farce' The 88-page document, entitled Our Plan: Doing What Matters Most, sets out the executive's key priorities.A final version was expected to be agreed before the first anniversary of the restoration of Stormont's power-sharing government in early said he was "confident" the programme for government would be agreed when ministers hold their meeting on Thursday told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme on Wednesday his "only ask" was that the "finalised document would be received before the meeting so we could consider it".SDLP assembly member Matthew O'Toole, leader of the opposition at Stormont, criticised the further delay."This farce typifies the dysfunction we have seen since the return of the Stormont institutions last year," he Unionist Voice (TUV) leader Jim Allister said it was "the latest episode in the Stormont farce", describing the institutions as an "unworkable system of government". Taoiseach visit Later on Thursday, First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly are due to meet the taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál will be his first visit to Northern Ireland since becoming taoiseach again in January following elections in is also expected to hold meetings with Alliance leader Naomi Long and SDLP leader Claire Hanna, and speak by phone with Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Mike will be greeted at Stormont's Parliament Buildings by Northern Ireland Assembly speaker Edwin taoiseach is also due to give a keynote address at the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor Summit at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Belfast. When was the last programme for government agreed? It has been some time since a Stormont executive agreed a finalised programme for last time an executive managed to get one over the line was during the assembly's fourth term between 2011 and was also agreed in 2016 and went out to public before it could be passed, the power-sharing institutions collapsed following the resignation of then Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
