That's the end of our coverage of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference - and the press conferences that followed.

You can keep up to date with any further political developments on the BBC News NI website.

Bye for now.

Michelle O'Neill urged Mr Heaton-Harris to engage with local families in Northern Ireland who are feeling the "brunt" of political instability.

This follows reports that there could be further cuts to nursery places in special schools.

"Chris Heaton-Harris should come and engage with those people that are feeling the real brunt of the fact that he and the DUP are sitting on their hands," said Ms O'Neill. She added that Mr Heaton-Harris should "do his job" and "set out a plan" for how the executive should be restored.

Jayne McCormack
BBC News NI political correspondent at Stormont

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Michelle O’Neill has also called on the DUP to clarify what it has asked the government for in relation to the working of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The DUP has said it submitted proposals to Number 10 that it wants addressed before it will consider ending its boycott of government at Stormont.

Ms O’Neill said it was “unacceptable” that the DUP seemed to be holding private discussions with the government.

Asked about the Commons debate tonight on the privileges committee report that found Former PM Boris Johnson had misled parliament, Ms O’Neill said she would not comment on how MPs should vote but said “Boris Johnson has been a disaster from start to finish”.

Michelle O'Neill urges the DUP to return to power sharing as cuts to public services continue.

"The DUP need to join with the rest of us, they need to join this executive, she told reporters.

"I would encourage the DUP to listen to those families that are really, really struggling right now."

She added: "This is the real life impact of the DUP's political decision making."

Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin tells reporters that she concurs with the conclusion of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference that the executive needs to be restored immediately.

We are waiting for Sinn Féin to give a press conference at Stormont, following the end of the London conference.

Michelle O'Neill is expected at the microphone shortly.

The Tánaiste (Ireland's deputy prime minister) Micheál Martin says that both governments need to work together on the issue of legacy.

He says he has a fundamental issue with people getting immunity when they carried out crimes.

Our political editor Enda McClafferty asks Chris Heaton-Harris about the progress of talks with the DUP.

“I engage regularly with all political parties in Northern Ireland, including the DUP,” he told a press conference.

But Mr Heaton-Harris said he won't be commenting on negotiations and will not be providing a running commentary on any political meetings he has with them or any other party.

Chris Heaton-Harris opens today's press conference by saying that those involved have had a productive and positive meeting.

He also states that the biggest take away from today's conference is the "complete agreement" on the need for the Northern Ireland executive to be restored.

He says that the local election results highlight that the people of Northern Ireland want this as well.

Sinn Féin emerged as the biggest party in both local government and the Stormont assembly following recent elections.

The two governments are holding a joint press conference following the talks. Our political editor, Enda McClafferty, is there and says that they all stress the importance of restoring the Northern Ireland executive.

The conference also examined the current security situation in both jurisdictions looking ahead to the summer.

The governments welcomed the ongoing cooperation between the Police Service of Northern Ireland and An Garda Síochána in tackling terrorism, paramilitarism and associated criminality.

Meanwhile, in a statement, the UK and Irish governments reiterated their "commitment to protecting and upholding" the rights of UK and Irish citizens to "live, work and travel in either jurisdiction".

The conference discussed the UK government's forthcoming Electronic Travel Authorisation requirement for visitors to the UK.

It confirmed that those legally resident in Ireland would not need such a requirement when travelling to the UK from within the Common Travel Area.

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During today’s conference the UK and Irish governments discussed the UK government’s legislation on dealing with the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the Irish government’s concerns in relation to it.

The bill offers a conditional amnesty to those accused of killings and other Troubles-related crimes.

It has been criticised by victims' groups, the Irish government and political parties at Stormont.

The UK government raised the amendments to the bill it has tabled ahead of Report Stage in the House of Lords.

Issues of concern in respect to a number of individual legacy cases were also discussed.

Jayne McCormack
BBC News NI political correspondent

The British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference - it is a clunky title but there is plenty of meaning within it.

It is one of the few institutions set up under the Good Friday peace Agreement that is still meeting while Stormont isn’t working.

It is meant to focus on east-west co-operation between London and Dublin and issues not normally devolved to Stormont, though unsurprisingly in recent times it’s been dominated by the fallout over Brexit, and lately by political instability in Northern Ireland.

Gareth Gordon
BBC News NI Political Correspondent

Last week, Chris Heaton-Harris caused raised eyebrows when he said he did not know what the DUP was asking for - a view contradicted by the party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.

Sir Jeffrey had said that he was “hopeful” of progress in the next few weeks in his talks with the government regarding the restoration of Stormont.

Sir Jeffrey added that discussions had reached an “important stage”.

Whether that progress materialises in the coming days remains to be seen.

The conference has been discussing political stability in Northern Ireland.

The UK and Irish governments agreed on the critical importance of restoring the Northern Ireland Assembly, Executive and North-South Ministerial Council to full operation, a joint statement said.

Both governments agreed that the Windsor Framework provides certainty and stability for the people of Northern Ireland.

The "serious and deepening consequences" for people in Northern Ireland arising from the stalemate at Stormont was also discussed.

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Chris Heaton-Harris has set a deadline of the end of June for civil servants to provide options for raising more public money.

That could mean introducing water charges and tuition fees and taking away services like the free bus pass for the over-60s.

He had to set a budget for this financial year as there is no functioning government at Stormont.

In a letter to permanent secretaries, he said that he was "keen to explore super parity measures including water charges, prescription charges and tuition fees".

He denied that the move was to increase pressure on the DUP to restore power sharing.

But the SDLP said it was a “crude intervention” and was “nothing more than a blunt attempt to make working families pay the price of the DUP’s boycott.” The DUP said if the move was an attempt to apply pressure on his party to return to Stormont "it is not working".

Sinn Féin, which is the largest party in the assembly, accused the secretary of state of playing fast and loose with the public.

Jayne McCormack
BBC News NI political correspondent

Believe it or not, the conference didn’t actually meet for over a decade from 2007 until 2018.

That was because government in Northern Ireland largely functioned uninterrupted until 2017, when the power-sharing executive collapsed.

Nationalist parties urged the UK and Irish governments to reconvene the forum in a bid to solve the dispute.

It’s been meeting since then several times a year, with the location rotating between government buildings in Dublin and London.

The picture above shows the podium where the British and Irish politicians will give a press conference shortly.

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Speaking ahead of today's meeting, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, said the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference "provides space for UK and Irish ministers to strengthen and deepen cooperation on key issues of mutual interest".

“I look forward to welcoming the tánaiste and minister McEntee to London. I know that they share my commitment to seeing the devolved institutions in Northern Ireland restored and working towards continued peace and growing prosperity."

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The Stormont Executive is not functioning due to a boycott by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

It is part of its protest against Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trading arrangements.

A new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, known as the Windsor Framework, was adopted by the UK and the EU in April.

The framework modifies the Northern Ireland Protocol, the 2019 deal which kept Northern Ireland inside the EU's single market for goods.

That arrangement keeps the Irish land border open but has meant products arriving into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK are subject to checks and controls.

The DUP is facing pressure to return to government but has insisted it will not do so until the government legislates for further changes on the trade arrangements.

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The UK government is hosting today's meeting.

The secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, is co-chairing the meeting with the Tánaiste (Ireland's deputy prime minister) Micheál Martin.

They are being joined by the minister of state for Northern Ireland, Steve Baker, and Ireland's minister for justice, Helen McEntee.