Northern Ireland to Hold Snap Election After Deadline Passes to Form Executive

Undated photo of Parliament Buildings, often referred to as Stormont, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Paul Faith/PA

Northern Ireland is set to hold a snap election, months after the last assembly election, after the deadline passed to form a functioning parliament and a government.

It comes after a last-ditch effort to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly and to produce a Northern Ireland Executive failed on Thursday owning to the Democratic Unionist Party’s (DUP) refusal to participate.