Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly hold ‘constructive’ meeting with Angela Rayner

Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly have highlighted issues facing the Stormont powersharing Executive during a meeting with the British deputy prime minister.

Angela Rayner met with the North’s First and deputy First Ministers at Hillsborough Castle in Co Down on Friday evening.

The meeting has been described as “positive and constructive”.

A social media post from the Northern Ireland Office said during the meeting they “discussed the importance of working together to address the challenges facing communities across Northern Ireland”.

A post on X from the Northern Ireland Executive said: “The First Minister and deputy First Minister held a positive and constructive meeting this evening with the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and NIO Minister Fleur Anderson.

“They took the opportunity to highlight some of the key issues facing the Executive.”

The visit to Northern Ireland by Ms Rayner follows a trip to Stormont by new British prime minister Keir…