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Stormont has been in limbo since February when the DUP withdrew its First Minister from the Executive in protest over Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol

The DUP again blocked the election of an Assembly speaker in protest at the Northern Ireland Protocol.

While Stormont has faltered, relative peace envisioned by the Good Friday Agreement has endured

Consensus can be elusive in a place as deeply divided as Northern Ireland, but the death of its inaugural first minister, David Trimble, has prompted warm tributes from across the political spectrum. The region’s three main newspapers each ran the very same headline on their front pages: “A man of…

UUP leader Doug Beattie laid a bouquet of flowers below a portrait of Lord Trimble in the Great Hall at Parliament Buildings.

Unionist politician who was one of the architects of the Good Friday agreement and served as the first minister of Northern Ireland

Death of Northern Ireland’s inaugural first minister inspires rare solidarity as role in ending the Troubles is hailed

"A leader of courage, vision, and principle whose lifetime of service helped bring peace to Northern Ireland"

The DUP leader also said that all unionists must recognise that consensus politics and powersharing, as supported by Lord Trimble, is the way forward for Northern Ireland