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Fri 09 Sep 2008North-South ministerial meeting called off
A NORTH-SOUTH Ministerial Council sectoral meeting scheduled for Co Cavan today was the first casualty of the cancellation of the scheduled Northern Executive meeting yesterday afternoon.
First Minister Peter Robinson warned of political "gridlock" after Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness refused to lift the Sinn Féin veto on Executive meetings that has been running for just over three months. DUP, Ulster Unionist and SDLP Ministers instead met at Stormont Castle to discuss fuel poverty allowances and other matters such as trying to provide some financial impetus for the troubled construction sector. This, however, was an informal gathering and had no executive status.
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