Monumental failure’: Sinn Fein deadlocked with DUP, UK conservatives dealt another crisis

‘Northern Ireland’s two main political parties have failed to reach a new power-sharing agreement, and no deal is expected in the short-term, putting UK Prime Minister Theresa May and her conservative government under yet more pressure.
“Obviously we are disappointed that we don’t have an agreement this afternoon and indeed we’ve been disappointed for quite some time that we haven’t been able to reach an agreement,” Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster told reporters Tuesday, as cited by Reuters.
“However we are going to keep working at it over the summer and hopefully we can come to an agreement later on in the year,” she added.’
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