DUP brands Sinn Féin 'doom and gloom merchants' as Stormont talks progress slowly

A senior Democratic Unionist negotiator has accused Sinn Féin of peddling "doom and gloom" misinformation about the state of talks to restore powersharing in the North.

Jeffrey Donaldson claimed the republican party was misleading the public after its Stormont leader Michelle O'Neill delivered a bleak assessment of the ongoing negotiations.