Late-night deal saves power-sharing government

Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson said today his party’s elected representatives at the Stormont Assembly had backed a deal with Sinn Féin to save the North’s power-sharing government.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Prime Minister Gordon Brown are now expected to travel to Belfast this morning to put their seal on the deal.

The deal on policing, justice and parades comes after nearly two weeks of round-the-clock talks at Hillsborough Castle, Co Down.