Last minute efforts behind set-piece settlement

INTENSIVE last minute negotiations between the DUP and Sinn Féin (SF) led to the North’s monumental power-sharing deal yesterday.

Every detail of the set-piece settlement was carefully choreographed to ensure both sides emerged looking like winners.

Deputy DUP leader Peter Robinson led his party’s negotiations with SF throughout Sunday, as Ian Paisley continued to give his church duties priority over politics on the Lord’s day.