SF tell DUP to 'stop making excuses for power-sharing delay'

The Democratic Unionists were accused today of finding excuses for failing to engage with Sinn Féin on a new devolved government for Northern Ireland.

Sinn Féin chief negotiator Martin McGuinness said recent moves by the IRA to end its armed campaign and complete its disarmament programme had dealt with genuine unionist concerns about republican intentions definitively.