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Northern Secretary Brandon Lewis is making his first visit to Dublin today for a meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney.
They will meet this afternoon for talks about a range of issues, including the ongoing political instability in Northern Ireland.
Mr Lewis will also meeting Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald.
The Taoiseach and Minister Coveney have both expressed concern in recent weeks about a deterioration in north-south political relations.
DUP ministers, including party leadership candidate Edwin Poots, have pulled out of three recent north-south ministerial council meetings.
There is concern that the party will take a tougher stance and possibly boycott a scheduled full plenary session of the North-South Ministerial Council in June as part of its campaign against the Northern Ireland. protocol.
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The union representing Special Needs Assistants (SNAs), Forsa, has called on Government to ensure its members are vaccinated as soon as possible.
The union is unhappy that the vaccine rollout plan has been changed to one based primarily on age rather than occupation.
Andy Pike, head of the union’s education division, told RTÉ news on Monday: “Many of them will be working alongside healthcare staff, for instance in our special schools, where the nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists have all been vaccinated under the HSE rollout yet the SNAs working alongside them day to day will not be vaccinated.