Call for peace dividend for new executive
The British government faced more demands today to pump funds into a devolved executive’s budget in Northern Ireland to cement any peace process deal.
As Sinn Féin negotiators travelled to London for another meeting with British government officials on proposals to resurrect power-sharing, party vice president Pat Doherty and cross-community Alliance Party Assembly member Seamus Close both backed the idea of a peace dividend if a deal is struck.
