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3 months agoNorthern Ireland political party agrees to end 2-year boycott that caused the government to collapse
Northern Ireland's largest British unionist party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), has agreed to end their boycott and return to power-sharing government.
The decision came after the U.K. government set a deadline for Northern Ireland politicians to restore the government or face new elections.
The DUP initially walked out in opposition to post-Brexit trade rules that imposed customs checks on goods moving to Northern Ireland from the rest of the U.K. [ more ]