NI ministerial nominations due as Stormont stand-off ends
By Ciara Colhoun
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Nominations for Northern Ireland s first and deputy first ministers are expected later after a stalemate over Irish language laws was resolved.
NI Secretary Brandon Lewis said the DUP and Sinn Féin intended to nominate at the earliest opportunity .
It comes as the UK government says it will legislate for language protections if the Stormont executive does not.
The legislation was part of the deal that restored power-sharing last January.
Sinn Féin had said it would not support a new Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) first minister unless the UK government passed the legislation.
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