The Northâs Executive is to discuss further easing of the Covid-19 restrictions when it meets later on Thursday. The outgoing First Minister Arlene Foster of the DUP said ministers would discuss international travel as well as the potential relaxing of rules around hugging, which will soon be allowed again in other parts of the UK. Ms Foster said they had noted these developments but it would be âabsolutely wrongâ to prejudge what ministers will decide. âWe will want to discuss that tomorrow, it is something we are discussing today amongst ourselves as well,â she said on Wednesday. âWe know that there are a lot of people who have been waiting for that time, I know certainly I have in terms of my own mother, so I am looking forward to being able to have those discussions tomorrow,â she said.