http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/ourkingdom-theme/tom-griffin/2008/11/18/stormont-deadlock-broken Comments for "Stormont deadlock broken, Tom Griffin " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/ourkingdom-theme/tom-griffin/2008/11/18/stormont-deadlock-broken <p> <strong>Tom Griffin (London, <a href="/ourkingdom">OK</a>):</strong> The Northen Ireland Executive is <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7735489.stm">set to meet</a> for the first time in months on Thursday after the DUP and Sinn Féin <a href="http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news/news-ofmdfm/news-ofmdfm-181108-statement-from-the.htm">agreed a way forward</a> on the disputed issue of policing and justice today. </p> <p> Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness have <a href="http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/assembly-and-executive-review-committee-correspondance.pdf">written</a> to the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive Review Committee, stating that a Justice Minister will be appointed under interim arrangements that will last until 2012. </p> <p> The <a href="http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/policing-and-juctice-process-paper.pdf">planned process</a> remains somewhat opaque, and there&#39;s a <a href="http://sluggerotoole.com/index.php/weblog/comments/one-source/">lively debate over on Slugger</a> about who blinked first to allow the deal to happen. </p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/ourkingdom-theme/tom-griffin/2008/11/18/stormont-deadlock-broken#comment OurKingdom-theme OurKingdom Ireland Northern Ireland ourkingdom Tom Griffin Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:18:54 +0000 Tom Griffin 46816 at http://www.opendemocracy.net