The council, which meets today in Blackpool, brings together leaders not only from London and Dublin, but also Wales, Scotland and, when it has a government, Northern Ireland. The re-establishment of this government – the provincial executive – will be at the top of Sunak’s agenda. He is due to hold his first face-to-face talks with Michel Martin, the Irish prime minister, and the two are expected to focus on negotiations to resolve the impasse over Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal. This in turn is considered a key to unlocking a
