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 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 ...