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Northern Ireland councils offer to step into vacuum

Northern Ireland’s councils have called for more devolution as they offer to step into the power vacuum caused by the political crisis engulfing Stormont.

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By Dan Peters | 11 January 2017

Northern Ireland's councils have called for more devolution as they offer to step into the power vacuum caused by the political crisis engulfing Stormont.

Speaking after the collapse of the country's executive, Northern Ireland Local Government Association (NILGA) president, Cllr Sean McPeake, today warned the assembly would be ‘volatile for some time'.

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