DUP Ends Boycott, Potentially Restoring Power-Sharing Administration in Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein could hold the post of first minister for the first time as part of the deal, which also removes restrictions on the movement of goods within the UK.

• Northern Ireland's largest British unionist party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), has agreed to end a two-year boycott, potentially restoring the power-sharing administration in Belfast.
• The breakthrough could see the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein holding the post of first minister for the first time.
• The UK government has given Northern Ireland politicians until February 8 to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly and the local government or face new elections.
• The deal will remove restrictions on the movement of goods within the UK, according to DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.
• Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said her party is satisfied that the 1998 Good Friday Agreement has not been damaged or undermined by the DUP deal over post-Brexit trading arrangements.

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