22/01/2010

Endgame For SF/DUP Justice Talks

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said today that the "game was up, but not over" on talks about devolving policing and justice powers to Stormont.

He said that crisis talks between the DUP and Sinn Féin in the North are over, which was also confirmed to the BBC by Alex Maskey, one of the SF team, who said that the current round of negotiations had ended.

The party is due to meet on Saturday to discuss future policy which may involve the end of the Stormont Assembly if they were to pull Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness out of the power-sharing coalition.

(BMcC)

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