THE leaders of the main Stormont parties met the British government’s new Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn on Saturday at Hillsborough Castle.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill and the Democratic Unionist Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly attended as well as representatives from other parties including the Ulster Unionist Party and the Social Democratic & Labour Party.

Ms O’Neill said: “We strongly made the case for fair funding to be provided urgently for health, education and public services here.”