Absence of Stormont executive 'unacceptable' - O'Neill

The ongoing absence of a Stormont executive is"totally unacceptable" given the latest rises in energy prices in Northern Ireland, Michelle O'Neill has said.

Powersharing at Stormont is on hold after the DUP refused to re-establish a devolved executive following May's Assembly election in protest at the Northern Ireland Protocol, which has created economic barriers on trade between Britain and Northern Ireland.

"But I encourage them again today on the back of these latest hikes to actually join the rest of us and actually get around the table and start to support people." She said:"There are things that are within the gift of the British government that we do not have the powers to do and they should be taxing the big companies, they should be making sure that there's a windfall tax that actually allows us to put that money directly to the public to help them through the cost-of-living crisis.

Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)

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