Sinn Féin urges speedy return to talks

Efforts to revive devolution in Northern Ireland must be picked up ahead of elections, ministers in London and Dublin were told today.

As unionists waited to see if Chief Constable Hugh Orde will accuse the IRA this week of the £22m (€31m) Northern Bank heist, Sinn Féin chairman Mitchel McLaughlin called on the British and Irish governments to move quickly to build on the progress made in talks involving the DUP last year.