Govts urged to stress power-sharing deadline

The Irish and British Governments were tonight urged to make it clear to Ian Paisley that the March 26 deadline for power-sharing at Stormont is for real.

As Sinn Féin came to terms with the resignation of its Assembly member Davy Hyland over the party’s move to endorse the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), SDLP leader Mark Durkan challenged claims by Paisley that the latest bid to secure devolution and republican support for policing was not about deadlines or dates.