Agriculture Minister, Edwin Poots, has failed to attend a North South Ministerial Council meeting for the second time in as many weeks.
Minister Poots, who is also vying to become the next leader of the DUP, pulled out of a separate North South Ministerial Meeting with his Republic of Ireland counterpart, Charlie McConalogue, TD, two weeks ago.
SDLP MLA and Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon, tweeted this morning that this was a "long standing" meeting that "once again couldn't go ahead because of Minister Edwin Poots .
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