McGuinness: Power-sharing talks at defining moment

Northern Ireland’s politicians and the Irish and British governments are approaching a defining moment in the political process, Sinn Féin’s chief negotiator Martin McGuinness claimed tonight.

As his party leadership prepared to brief rank and file members over the coming days on efforts to revive the Northern Ireland Assembly and power sharing, the Mid Ulster MP said British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern were listening to republican concerns about the two governments’ plans to bring back devolution.