Northern Ireland Power Sharing Agreement About To Collapse

Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Irish Premier Brian Cowen at Hillsborough Castle, Belfast.
Photograph: Paul Faith/PA

Northern Ireland Government Teeters On Edge Of Disaster -- Belfast Telegraph

Stormont was left teetering on the edge of disaster last night after the British and Irish Prime Ministers flew home without a devolution deal.

The DUP and Sinn Fein failed to clinch agreement on the transfer of policing and justice powers after more than 48 hours of almost continuous negotiations in Hillsborough.

Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government could now just have days left to survive.

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More News On The Impending Collapse In Northern Ireland Of The Power Sharing Agreement

Northern parties given 48 hours to reach agreement -- Irish Times
Northern Ireland power sharing talks end in tension -- The Telegraph
Northern Ireland policing and justice talks: As it happened -- BBC
Brown gives parties 48 hours to salvage Northern Ireland power-sharing -- The Guardian
Brown sets deadline for Northern Ireland deal -- The Independent
Brown outlines three-point plan and final deadline for Northern Ireland -- The Guardian