Northern Ireland Executive: Difference between revisions

In January 2017, the then deputy First Minister [[Martin McGuinness]] resigned in protest over the [[Renewable Heat Incentive scandal]] and the Northern Ireland Executive consequently collapsed.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 January 2017|title=Martin McGuinness resigns as NI deputy first minister|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38561507|access-date=7 November 2020|website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> The governing of Northern Ireland fell to civil servants in a [[Caretaker government|caretaker]] capacity until January 2020, when the parties signed the [[New Decade, New Approach]] agreement and an Executive was subsequently established.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 January 2020|title=Stormont deal: Arlene Foster and Michelle O'Neill new top NI ministers|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51077397|access-date=7 November 2020|website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> When [[Democratic Unionist Party]] First Minister [[Paul Givan]] resigned in line with his party's protest over the [[Northern Ireland Protocol]], The Northern Ireland Executive collapsed again.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kearney |first=Vincent |date=2022-02-03 |title=Paul Givan resigns as NI First Minister |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2022/0203/1277530-paul-givan/ |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=[[RTÉ News]]}}</ref> No agreement on power-sharing was made after the [[2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election|2022 Assembly election]], and sincefrom October 2022 to February 2024, Northern Ireland has beenwas governed by civil servants,.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-27 |title=NI election looms as Stormont deadline passes |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-63420931 |access-date=2023-07-25}}</ref> untilOn 3 February 2024, when [[Sinn Féin]]'s [[Michelle O'Neill]] was appointed First Minister, the first Irish nationalist to be appointed to the position,<ref>https://news.sky.co.uk/story/michelle-oneill-appointed-northern-irelands-first-nationalist-first-minister-in-historic-moment-13062780</ref> with [[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]]'s [[Emma Little-Pengelly]] as deputy First Minister.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-68180505</ref>