N Ireland takes step towards power-sharing

The British and Irish governments claimed on Thursday night that the Northern Ireland election represented a vote for a return to power-sharing, ramping up pressure on the Democratic Unionists to agree to sit in cabinet with erstwhile enemies Sinn F茅in. 字串1

With almost half of the 108 seats declared, Peter Hain, the Northern Ireland secretary, said: 鈥淚t is clear from the early set of results that people in Northern Ireland voted overwhelmingly for power-sharing and they want their politicians to run with it on March 26.鈥