Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney begins series of meetings with four of the main Stormont parties
The DUP will not meet with Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney due to diary commitments
We're now on the countdown towards that much talked about deadline for restoring devolution at Stormont - 28 October is only 16 days away, so you can expect to see much more of this type of thing. There's no doubt the DUP have been very critical of Mr Coveney in the last few years and they have much better relations with Mr Martin. But whether that's anything to do with it, we don't know.
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