'The Cavan councillor believes if anything, the recent scenes in Omagh should centre the minds of those in talks'

'While progress has been made, there is still work to be done'

'The British Prime Minister is in Belfast this morning'

'We would move from having a situation where full double majority is required in the Assembly to a majority of two thirds of Assembly members in order to elect a speaker'

'We are starting to build relationships and so it wasn't a hard hitting meeting'

'The other political parties want to give the DUP the opportunity to do the right thing as they see it'

The British Government is planning to cut the pay of Stormont Assembly members by almost a third while the chamber remains empty.

People have been waiting since last week to find out what will happen, after the deadline to restore power-sharing passed without resolution.