Sinn Féin and DUP want powersharing back but sticking points remain

Sinn Féin and the DUP have expressed a desire to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland but neither has signalled a softening of position in the Stormont standoff.

Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster and Sinn Féin's Stormont leader Michelle O'Neill used new year messages to reiterate their preference for devolved governance instead of a return to Westminster direct rule.