Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Northern Ireland Power Sharing Agreement In Jeopardy

Parliament buildings, Stormont, Belfast. Photograph: Peter Morrison/AP

Brown And Cowen In Desperate Attempt To Salvage Northern Ireland Power-Sharing -- The Guardian

Leaders present political parties with paper promising devolution of policing and justice powers by 4 May.

Gordon Brown and his Irish counterpart Brian Cowen were locked in negotiations in Belfast tonight as they desperately tried to hold Northern Ireland's power-sharing government together.

The two leaders presented Northern Ireland's political parties with a position paper promising devolution of policing and justice powers by 4 May.

They also offered unionists changes in how controversial parades are ruled on. The plan is similar to how marches are dealt with in Derry, where the issue has been largely resolved.

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More News On Northern Ireland's Power Sharing Agreement

Brown Pushes Ahead With Northern Irish ‘Life and Death’ Talks -- Bloomberg
Brown seeks Northern Ireland breakthrough after all-night talks -- The Telegraph
Coalition crunch time in Northern Ireland -- The Age
Adams gives ultimatum -- Times Online
What happens, deal or no deal? -- BBC
Hilliary Clinton could try to break Ulster deadlock -- The Telegraph
Why we’ve only ourselves to blame for political nightmare -- Ed Curran, Belfast Telegraph
Hillary Clinton 'involved' in Northern Ireland crisis as talks continue to save power sharing -- The Daily Mail

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