Governments 'should press DUP on power sharing'

The British and Irish governments were today urged to press the Democratic Unionists over their attitudes to power sharing in local councils and at Stormont.

Nationalist SDLP deputy leader Dr Alasdair McDonnell and Sinn Féin chairman Mitchel McLaughlin criticised the DUP after its councillors voted last night against power sharing in Castlereagh Council, where their deputy leader, Peter Robinson, is a member.