Echo Editorial: Transparent device

Last week, Ian Paisley finally agreed to meet Gerry Adams to talk about a power-sharing government in the Northern Ireland. But when it came to the crunch yesterday, the octogenarian unionist simply could not bring himself to enter the room.
Instead, more junior members of the Democratic Unionist Party scrambled to find yet another excuse to say “No.” But this week’s precondition is so transparent a device that it is laughable; before any further progress can be made, Sinn F