The British prime minister held bilateral meetings with the five main Stormont parties in the a hotel on the outskirts of Belfast on Friday morning.

The Assembly Commission granted permission for the installation of the commemorative stone this week following a row around it in 2021.

Micheál Martin was speaking after meeting with the five main political parties in Belfast on Friday.

The Tánaiste made the point as an inquiry was ordered into the Omagh bombing at the same time that a new law looks to block other investigations

Conor Murphy MLA said the collapse of Stormont had left departments struggling to control spending.

UUP leader Doug Beattie said a form of joint authority between London and Dublin would be bad for unionism

The UK government has made clear it will call another Assembly poll if the DUP fails to re-enter a powersharing executive by next Friday’s deadline