Stormont power-sharing in sight: 'good news' for Northern Ireland?

Unionists vote to end two-year boycott after agreeing legislative package to address post-Brexit trading arrangements

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson
DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson's early-hours statement was viewed with a 'touch of caution'
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The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has agreed to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland, ending two years of political deadlock.

In a press conference in the early hours of this morning, the DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson said his party's executive had voted to end its boycott at Stormont after agreeing a legislative package with the Westminster government that addresses unionists' core complaints about the Windsor framework.

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