McLaughlin: Parties on verge of agreement

Sinn Féin chairman Mitchel McLaughlin suggested the parties were “on the verge” of making a breakthrough.

He told BBC Radio 4’s World This Weekend: “This has been a successful peace process – perhaps one that didn’t develop as quickly as people on the ground would have hoped, but nonetheless it has been moving steadily in the right direction, despite all the hiccups and frustrations and disappointments.