Fresh round of talks to restore power-sharing
A fresh round of talks to restore Northern Ireland's power-sharing institutions gets underway involving the main parties.
Foster will try to ‘better understand’ Irish
- Nigel Dodds of the DUP and Sinn Féin's Máirtín Ó Muilleoir discuss the issues
DUP leader Arlene Foster has announced meetings with Irish speakers as she tries to better understand the language.
She said: "I do intend to listen and to engage with those from the Gaelic/Irish background, those without party political baggage or indeed demands, people who genuinely love the Irish language and don't want to use it as a political weapon.”
It comes as the talks at Stormont are set to pause over Easter.
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said progress could only be made if the DUP signed up to "rights-based" institutions.
He added: "This can't go on indefinitely.”
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