the sinn fein chairperson declan kearney said there would be no movement from the dup on the substantive issues at the heart of the crisis. few issues he mentioned specifically, he said there had to be an irish language act, a piece of legislation which promoted the irish language. and he also mentioned rights for the lgbt community. in terms of the town that said, ithink community. in terms of the town that said, i think we can say there are still major gaps between the two main parties here, the dup and sinn fein. the dup response of that sinn fein. the dup response of that sinn fein should not engage in what they described as high wire acts, they say they're ready to go back into stormont and have no red and they would go back into stormont tomorrow morning. but whether or not the executive here gets back up and running in the next couple of days before the legal deadline runs out on thursday afternoon, very much depends on whether the gaps on those issues can be closed over the next 48 hours or so. talking still going on here at stormont into the night, pressure on for deal and at th

the sinn fein chairperson declan kearney said there would be no movement from the dup on the substantive which promoted the irish language. and he also mentioned rights for the lgbt community. in terms of the town that said, ithink community. in terms of the town that said, i think we can say there are still major gaps between the two main parties here, the dup and sinn fein. the dup response of that sinn fein. the dup response of that sinn fein should not engage in what they described as high wire acts, they say they're ready to go back into stormont and have

declan kearney said there would be no movement from the dup on the substantive issues that were at thed to be irish language act, a piece of legislation which promoted the irish language. he also mentioned rights for the lgbt community. in terms of the tone that that set, i think we can say there are still major gaps between the two main parties here, the dup in sinn fein. —— and sinn fein. the dup search of ancient not engage in high wire acts, they have no redlines and would go back into stormont tomorrow morning. whether or not the executive gets back up and running in the next couple of days before the legal deadline runs out on thursday afternoon very much depends if the gaps on those issues can be closed over the next 48 hours or so. talking is still going on at stormont into the light. pressure on for a deal. at the moment it doesn't feel like the mood music is particularly good. a tight schedule, and the mood music doesn't sound very good about getting some kind of compromise. but the pressure is on sinn fein, isn't it? they could well be seen as the party or the side that ends