Dublin and London urged to consider power-sharing

The Irish and British governments must be prepared to share power in Northern Ireland if unionists refuse to go into government with nationalists, a senior Sinn Féin negotiator insisted tonight.

As unionist leaders continued to insist Sinn Féin cannot be granted a place in government because of IRA activity, the party's general secretary Mitchel McLaughlin urged London and Dublin to present the UUP and DUP with a stark choice.