SF accused of 'about-turn' on forum

Sinn Fein was accused today by a nationalist rival of an about-turn on the reconvening of a body involving political parties in Northern Ireland and Ireland.

Nationalist SDLP Assembly member Patricia Lewsley welcomed comments from former Sinn Fein minister Bairbre de Brun that the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation could have a useful role in the current political deadlock.