Simon Coveney and Julian Smith conceded that not everything in the draft agreement had been approved by the parties CHARLES MCQUILLAN/GETTY IMAGESPower sharing is on the brink of being restored in Northern Ireland after the UK and Irish governments released an outline deal last night. Julian Smith, the Northern Ireland secretary, asked the Speaker of the defunct Stormont Assembly to recall its members this morning in the hope that parties would agree to re-enter. “Now is decision time,” Mr Smith said. “We have had three years of talks, finally there is good deal on the table that all parties can support and on that basis I have tonight written to the Speaker of this assembly and asked him to recall it tomorrow to enable the restoration of the executive before the weekend. “We have got one chance to get this right and I am under no…

Source: The Times January 10, 2020 00:11 UTC