No return to direct rule. That's the message from the PM and Taoiseach. But is it too little, too late?

No return to Direct Rule. That’s the message from the PM and Taoiseach. But is it too little, too late?

The Prime Minister and Taoiseach have agreed there should be no return to direct rule.

Theresa May and Leo Varadkar spoke in a phone call last night.

Both leaders expressed the view that it is still possible to form an Executive.

The DUP leader Arlene Foster said the decision to go ahead with a budget

did not mean that the negotiations on restoring Stormont are over.

NI Police Fed fury at dissident rocket in Poleglass

Police have recovered what they have described as an extremely dangerous rocket following a three day security alert in Poleglass in west Belfast.

They believe it was left by dissident republicans.