Rory Montgomery is a former Irish diplomat. He is an Honorary Professor at the Mitchell Institute, Queen’s University Belfast. He is a member of the steering committee of the Royal Irish Academy / University of Notre Dame Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South (ARINS) Project (www.ria.ie/arins) and hosts a monthly ARINS podcast.

Click here to read the article published in Fortnight on the impasse around the formation of the Executive.