Summary
NI secretary says there's "no appetite" for another election after deadline passes without a deal to form new power-sharing executive
James Brokenshire is to make a further statement in parliament tomorrow
DUP and Sinn Féin, blame each other for the impasse and collapse of talks
Planned assembly session to appoint a first and deputy first minister was cancelled
Greens blame Toriespublished at 12:41 British Summer Time 27 March 2017
'No political will to resolve legacy issues'published at 12:40 British Summer Time 27 March 2017
Speaking to Talkback, Sinn Féin's Conor Murphy says there was "no political will during talks to resolve legacy issues and rights and equality."
He says: "In years to come we will look back and wonder what the fuss was about language rights, marriage equality and rights to have due process in terms of inquests."
Talks were 'a shambles'published at 12:32 British Summer Time 27 March 2017
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End of twitter post'Time to shut this farce down' says Allisterpublished at 12:30 British Summer Time 27 March 2017
TUV leader Jim Allister says: "MLAs were duly summonsed for a meeting of the assembly today, with a full order paper.
"But, minutes before the assembly is due to meet, a decree is handed down from the speaker's/business office that the meeting had been cancelled."
"Meanwhile, the speaker continues in paid office, but the assembly doesn't meet. What is the speaker now being paid for?
"And, when will the assembly that the people elected actually be allowed to meet? "It's time to close this farce down."
Statement from Stormont speakerpublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 27 March 2017
DUP to meet secretary of state laterpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 27 March 2017
Arlene Foster said any further discussions would have to be "built on a more solid foundation" and criticised Sinn Féin over their stance on Secretary of State James Brokenshire chairing talks.
She said the DUP remained committed to further discussion and said they would meet Mr Brokenshire again later.
On Talkback todaypublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 27 March 2017
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End of twitter postTalks breakdown 'damaging to the people'published at 12:14 British Summer Time 27 March 2017
DUP leader Arlene Foster says the decision of Sinn Féin not to nominate to the position of deputy first minister today is "very regrettable and damaging to all the people we represent".
"Indeed, we wonder whether Sinn Féin were serious about reaching agreement at this time," she said.
"We entered discussions in good faith, and we wanted to see a new executive formed."
What now?published at 12:07 British Summer Time 27 March 2017
Yesterday's talks at Stormont Castle collapsed with no sign of a deal being done by the deadline of 4pm today.
Image source, Press EyeToday's planned assembly session to appoint a first and deputy first minister has been suspended. So far, the two biggest parties, the DUP and Sinn Féin, have blamed each other for the impasse. But what will happen next?
Hello and welcomepublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 27 March 2017
Good afternoon.
As talks aimed at forming a new power-sharing executive at Stormont have broken down - we'll be bringing you the latest from up on the hill and all the reaction as it happens.
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