DUP to block return to Good Friday devolution deal

The Democratic Unionists will veto any attempt to go back to the type of devolution which existed in the North under the Good Friday Agreement, a senior member of the party warned today.

As Sinn Féin travelled to Dublin to discuss British and Irish government plans to revive the Northern Ireland Assembly, Democratic Unionist MEP Jim Allister accused Gerry Adams’ party of adopting the same belligerent attitude in talks as republican protesters who opposed the loyalist "Love Ulster" rally in Dublin on Saturday.