Stormont ministers are expected to agree a timetable for reopening society that will cover several months when they meet on Thursday, Michelle O'Neill has said.
The deputy First Minister told her Assembly scrutiny committee she thought she and First Minister Arlene Foster would be making a "very hopeful and positive announcement" on Thursday. "Myself and Arlene have been speaking with officials for some time saying that we wanted to see dates put to this (the lockdown exit plan)," she told the Executive Office committee. "So I'm glad that now, I'm hopeful actually that tomorrow the Executive will be able to sign off on dates on what it look likes for the next number of months." Ms O'Neill said given recent turbulent events in Northern