“Ministers will revisit the matter again..”

I suspect that the implications of the DUP and SF ministers voting to accept those disputed minutes, and possibly some legal advice, will have featured heavily in the Northern Ireland Executive meeting, noted by the BBC, to discuss the legal case around the ending of the funding of the UDA linked Conflict Transformation Initiative. From the BBC report

Stormont sources said the executive examined whether or not it could give retrospective approval to her actions. It is understood no decision was taken at the meeting. Ministers will revisit the matter again.


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