they say bringing it to an end is premature and reckless. they had lobbied, alongside scotland and northern ireland, to keep a testing structure in place until at least the end ofjune. in northern ireland, _ the remaining covid restrictions, like face maskings and vaccine - passports, were dropped from being legal requirement last week- while self—isolation rules remain. but ending covid restrictions here wasn't straightforward. j because of the collapse in the power—sharing i executive at stormont, - there is no first and deputy first ministers here to. sign off on big decisions. instead, northern ireland's health minister had to get the backing. of individual ministers instead. and robin swann has also signed that letter from the devolved nations, - setting out their concerns as england plans- to end isolation rules. it's calling urgently for more - information on the scale of services that will remain to ensure all - four nations stay prepared for any future waves of the virus. emma vardy in northern ireland. let's get some more political