1The power-sharing government collapsed in January, after deputy first minister Martin McGuinness resigned.
2The deputy first minister, John Swinney, has talked of a 12 February deadline.
3The unnamed minister's comments were seized on by deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon.
4Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP deputy leader and Scottish deputy first minister, hit back.
5The party has vehemently defended the former deputy first minister's integrity.
6I mean, there's a guy here who was deputy first minister of Scotland.
7There they witnessed his final major political act, his resignation as deputy first minister.
8What happens now the deputy first minister has resigned from the Northern Ireland Executive?
9She was first minister and he was deputy first minister.
10Among those on the VIP podium was the Northern Ireland deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness.
11Former deputy first minister Martin McGuinness has declined to disclose the nature of his illness.
12Ms Randerson served acting deputy first minister when Mr German temporarily stepped down in 2001.
13By 2007, he was Northern Ireland's deputy first minister standing alongside First Minister Ian Paisley.
14She sat cosily in the kitchen of the deputy first minister, leaving no scone unturned.
15Those attending include first minister of Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson, and deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness.
16The funeral of former Northern Ireland deputy first minister Seamus Mallon will take place on Monday.
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