First Ministers of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales meet and are set to sign a “landmark” agreement aimed at pressuring the UK government to hold referendums on independence. The deal is scheduled to be signed during the meeting, which takes place in Wales.
RTE reports the agreement is intended to put pressure on the UK government (“Downing Street”) to call independence referendums. Other outlets (Brisbane Times, The Age, and the Sydney Morning Herald) describe the meeting more generally as talks between leaders of the three nations about plans to move toward independence from the UK.
All accounts focus on the same participants—Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales—and the same broad goal: coordinating action related to independence, culminating in an agreement at the gathering. None of the sources mention a specific referendum date, voting mechanism, or agreed legal steps beyond the pressure on the UK government.
