The British government has agreed to give Northern Ireland more than $3.8 billion for its public services, but only if the executive in Belfast gets back up and running. The political impasse in ...

The British government has agreed to give Northern Ireland more than 3 billion pounds ($3.8 billion) for its public services, but only if the executive in Belfast gets back up and running.

Northern Ireland was established as a unionist, Protestant-majority part of the U.K. in 1921, following independence for the Republic of Ireland. “The days of second-class citizenship are long gone.

The U.K. government also agreed to give Northern Ireland more than 3 billion pounds — $3.8 billion — for its battered public services once the Belfast government is back up and running.

The British government has agreed to give Northern Ireland more than $3.8 billion for its public services, but only if the executive in Belfast gets back up and running. Katy Hayward, professor of ...