Unionists in the Northern Ireland assembly have been accused of “blatant sectarianism” in response to a move at Stormont that provides fresh evidence that power sharing is collapsing. As the Press Association reports, relations between parties in the power-sharing executive have soured in the fallout from the Drumcree parading dispute, which has seen Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill being interviewed by police in relation to her participation in an allegedly unlawful protest on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown in September that was held to try to block an Orange Order parade from Drumcree Church proceeding down the predominantly nationalist road. PA says: The row has had political consequences at Stormont, with DUP deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly having stopped joint engagements with O’Neill. In a new development, today the DUP said it would use a petition of concern in an attempt to block legislation around Irish-medium education proposed by a Sinn Féin MLA. Pat Shee