SF: DUP must agree to power-sharing to resolve policing issue

Sinn Féin's chief negotiator Martin McGuinness has said the issue of policing in the North can only be solved if the DUP agree to power-sharing by the November 24 deadline.

Mr McGuinness made the comments during last night's closing debate at the MacGill Summer School in Co Donegal.

Other contributors included Alasdair McDonnell of the SDLP, Gregory Cambell of the DUP and UUP's Tom Eliott.

Martin McGuinness said that if the DUP are prepared to share power, efforts can be made to address their concerns over republican attitudes towards policing:

However, Gregory Cambell of the DUP claimed that Sinn Féin's current position is intolerable and that the republicans need to fully accept the North's police force before any progress can be made.