Martina Devlin: DUP must return to Stormont and face the future instead of clinging to the past
Stormont’s suspension is having a negative impact on the people of the North. Photo: Getty
Martina Devlin
Lately, when images of Stormont appear on television, I get a mental picture of that neo-classical structure with its Great Hall and 2,000 metres of corridor stuck inside a giant snow globe.
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