25/11/2016

First Minister And Deputy First Minister Attending British-Irish Council

The First Minister and Deputy First Minister are in Wales to attend a meeting of the British-Irish Council, which is meeting for the third time this year to discuss the implications of Brexit.

Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones will host the meeting in Cardiff, where Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness will be joined by Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire and representatives of the Governments of the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey.

As well as Brexit, it is understood that the meeting will discuss early years education and child care.

(MH/LM)

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