'Hostile' marching season atmosphere complicating talks, Sinn Féin says

A deal to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland is unlikely to materialise in the short term, given heightened tensions around the summer marching season, Sinn Féin has said.

Ahead of a UK government statement on the way ahead for the faltering negotiations at Stormont, Sinn Féin negotiator Conor Murphy again accused the Democratic Unionists of refusing to budge on a series of outstanding disputes.