Powersharing returns to Northern Ireland with Assembly to sit on Saturday

Powersharing is returning to Northern Ireland after Sinn Fein joined the DUP in backing a deal to re-enter devolved government together.

Powersharing is returning to Northern Ireland after Sinn Féin joined the DUP in backing a deal to re-enter devolved government together.

Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald said a draft agreement tabled by the UK and Irish governments provided a basis to resurrect parliamentary institutions that have been down for three years.