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Fri 02 Feb 2010North justice and policing powers to transfer in April
Taoiseach Brian Cowen and British prime minister Gordon Brown today published a deal to save Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government, confirming it will take on policing and justice powers from April 12th.
The deal between the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin, which includes new plans on overseeing parades, comes after nearly two weeks of round-the-clock negotiations and brings an end to fears that the power-sharing government could have collapsed on the policing, justice and parades stand-off.
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