evidence: One of the stumbling blocks in resolving the current political crisis in Northern Ireland is the Sinn Féin demand for an Irish language Act. So where does the DUP fit into this, asks Eamonn Mallie? [...] The DUP contends that because its alternative Act to an Irish Language Act contains ‘statutory provisions’ for Irish then that is very significant advance from their perspective. [...] The DUP continues to resist a ‘free standing Irish Language Act.’ That is the stumbling block right now.