Single transferable coat
We've just come off air from the 91Èȱ¬ Newsline 6.30 during which I spelled out some of the bare bones of the package under discussion. It's believed it will involve an early May date for the transfer of powers and new structures for dealing with parades.
Some of the politicians were shown the documents referring to an adjudication panel, but there were few details on how this might work. It's thought, however, there will be an increased emphasis on the local mediation of marching disputes.
One of our interviewees, Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy, was resplendent in a smart dark coat. But he disclosed that if you looked closely, many of his colleagues appearing on TV today cut a strikingly similar figure - the reason being that the garment in question belongs to a party adviser and was being passed around as a single transferable coat.
I'm not one to scoff as I have been wearing my scarf outside my mac all day. The reason - in my eagerness to note down what one or other of the politicians was saying this morning, I managed to write all over my coat.
I'm 
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