Push is on to restore devolution, says Murphy

NORTHERN IRELAND Secretary Paul Murphy met with Democratic Unionists yesterday as the North’s parties prepare for an intensive push to restore devolution.

The delegation from the Rev Ian Paisley’s DUP was led by deputy leader Peter Robinson, along with MPs Nigel Dodds and Jeffrey Donaldson.

After the talks at Hillsborough Castle, Mr Murphy said there was a “definite seriousness” among all parties to see an end to direct rule.