The first formal meeting of the NI Executive to be held outside Stormont is taking place today at Enniskillen Townhall

 The historic meeting, announced last month by First Minister Arlene Foster, started at 10.30am. A further meeting of the Executive is planned for Derry/Londonderry in the coming weeks.

First Minister, Arlene Foster said: “The Northern Ireland Executive belongs to everyone because the decisions made around the table are as real for the people of Brookeborough or Enniskillen as they are for the people of Belfast.

“This is the first of what will be a programme of Executive meetings throughout Northern Ireland. This approach provides Ministers with the opportunity to visit and learn about areas relating to their Department when they are in the area.”

The deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness said: “As political leaders, we are sometimes accused of working in the Stormont bubble but this is an opportunity to bring the work of the Executive out to those people who elect us.

“This is an initiative that has proved popular with the public and councils. Since it was announced we would be taking the Executive on the road, we have received a number of invitations to come and have the meeting in different locations across the north and I look forward to having the Executive in my home City of Derry in the coming weeks.”

The First Minister and deputy First Minister are also to meet with representatives of Fermanagh and Omagh Council.

See our brief video below of the ministers getting down to business.

Full story in next week’s Fermanagh Herald