Northern Ireland Sinn Féin claims papers prove power-sharing deal was struck Arlene Foster, the DUP leader, rejects claim her party scuppered a Northern Ireland settlement The Sinn Féin president, Mary Lou McDonald, right, and her deputy, Michelle O’Neill, reveal talks have broken down. McDonald said there would have been three pieces of legislation – an Irish language act, an Ulster Scots act and an overarching respecting language and diversity act. The Sinn Féin president said they had reached an agreement with the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) at the end of last week. One of Sinn Féin's core demands has been the creation of an Irish language act to give Gaelic the same legal status as English. They said the party leadership was shocked at the level of grassroots opposition to any stand-alone Irish language act.

Source: The Guardian February 15, 2018 17:29 UTC