The Five Demands

Durante il suo messaggio natalizio, il Segretario di Stato nordirlandese Shaun Woodward, ha dichiarato come ormai ci si trovi ad un passo dalla devolution.
Woodward, ha dichiarato: “Lo storico accordo tra i due leader dei partiti (DUP e Sinn Fein, n.d.r.), segna il momento in cui possiamo dire di aver iniziato la parte finale del processo che porterà al trasferimento di poteri da me come Segretario di Stato a Westminster,  ai politici eletti qui in un governo in Irlanda del Nord, basato sulla condivisione dei poteri”.
“Questa è la fine di un lungo cammino per la gente dell’Irlanda del Nord ed è un risultato che  giustamente merita.”

Last part of Northern Ireland devolution deal is in place: Woodward
Northern Ireland has seen the last part of the devolution picture fall into place, Secretary of State Shaun Woodward said in his Christmas message.
He hailed the deal between the DUP and Sinn Fein over policing and justice as an outcome which people in the province rightly deserve.
And he also referred to the recent deaths of four police officers in an accident on the Rostrevor to Warrenpoint Road.
Mr Woodward said: “The historic agreement between the two party leaders, witnessed only a matter of weeks ago, marks the moment when we can say we have begun the final part of the process which will lead to the transfer of powers from me as Secretary of State in Westminster to elected politicians here in a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.
“This is the end of a long road for the people of Northern Ireland and an outcome which they so rightly deserve.”
He added: “While Christmas is a time of celebration it is also a time of compassion. Many of us will be thinking of close friends and family whom we may have lost during the year, none more than the families and friends of the four police officers who died in that tragic accident just a short time ago.”