Last minute bid to avoid north election

Northern Ireland's Secretary of State says he will call a Stormont election, if there's no appointment of a First and Deputy First Minister next week.

Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan is in Belfast today in a bid to avert the collapse of power-sharing in the North. SDLP leader Colum Eastwood in Dublin for a series of meetings with politicians this afternoon. Secretary of State for Northern Ireland James Brokenshire, says he wants to see successful engagement between Sinn Fein and the DUP