07/09/2015

No Further Meetings Of NI Executive - DUP

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) announced there will be no further meetings of the Northern Ireland Executive until the crisis over the IRA has been resolved.

NI First Minister Peter Robinson said: "Pending a satisfactory resolution of the outstanding issues, business will not be as usual. As a first step there will be no further meetings of the Northern Ireland Executive unless we deem that there are exceptional circumstances.

"In addition, there will be no North/South ministerial meetings in any of its formats (between ministers in Belfast and Dublin).

"Our ministers shall be focused on the talks process."

Crisis talk between the Irish and British governments are due to start on Tuesday.

(CD)




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