Northern Ireland: parties back power-sharing deal
Sinn Féin announces support for British-Irish plan while DUP signals that it will also sign up
Northern Ireland’s political parties have agreed to a deal that will lead to the restoration of the power-sharing government in the region following its collapse three years ago.
On Friday evening, Sinn Féin confirmed it would back a deal promoted by the British and Irish governments which included plans to put Gaelic on a par with English, its leader, Mary Lou McDonald, announced.