Thousands are expected to attend the Easter commemoration in Derry this weekend. Sunday s event will be in the first since 2019 as a result of the Covid-19 pand.
A common sense solution should be found to Northern Ireland Protocol problems like the supply of soil, a former Irish tanaiste said.
The Republic’s ex-attorney general and justice minister Michael McDowell said his jurisdiction faced many of the same challenges which concerned unionists, like obtaining seed potatoes from Scotland.
He questioned why the European Commission was pursuing legal action over the UK’s unilateral extension of post-Brexit grace periods and called for better cooperation.
“There is a common sense to easing the new arrangements into existence.
“The idea that plants cannot be moved from Britain to Northern Ireland in particular without removing the soil from them; these are the kind of issues that common sense would suggest should be addressed in a common sense way.
A police investigation into potential breaches of coronavirus regulations at the funeral of veteran republican Bobby Storey has concluded.
A total of 24 people were interviewed and a file is set to be submitted to the Public Prosecution Service on Friday.
It is understood that deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill is among the 24 people who were interviewed by officers.
A number of senior Sinn Fein figures attended the funeral with around 2,000 others which saw a cortege pass through west Belfast to the City Cemetery before a private cremation was held at Roselawn in the east of the city.
A number of senior Sinn Fein figures attended the funeral, which sparked a political crisis.