Power-sharing talks making progress: Sinn Féin

28/12/2006 - 07:30:20
Talks involving the Irish and British governments and Sinn Féin are said to be making good progress on policing, Sinn Féin has said.

The negotiations are due to continue today with hopes that the March deadline could still be met.

Sinn Féin sources say the talks continued almost non-stop over the Christmas break and have begun again in an upbeat atmosphere.

Although it's still a case of work in progress, there are real hopes of a breakthrough.

Sinn Féin's chief negotiator Martin McGuinness said considerable progress had been made and he had been in contact with both the Taoiseach and Tony Blair yesterday afternoon.

The work would continue, he said, to ensure agreement with the DUP to get the power-sharing institutions back up and running again.