DUP must abandon ‘anti-Agreement position’: McLaughlin

Sinn Féin Chairman Mitchell McLaughlin today said that the DUP must abandon what he labelled their "anti-Agreement" position, and make progress based on the principles of the Good Friday Agreement.

Sinn Féin Chairman Mitchell McLaughlin today said that the DUP must abandon what he labelled their "anti-Agreement" position, and make progress based on the principles of the Good Friday Agreement.

Speaking at a meeting of the party’s Ard Chomhairle in Dublin today, he said that was the challenge facing those involved in the Northern talk process in the coming days.

The Sinn Féin leadership was briefed by Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness on the on-going contact with the Irish and British governments in advance of next week’s talks at Leeds Castle.

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