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| Northern Ireland: assembly to meet for first time since PIRA killings | |
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| The Northern Ireland Assembly is to meet for the first time since a crisis over the IRA threatened the power-sharing institutions. | The Northern Ireland Assembly is to meet for the first time since a crisis over the IRA threatened the power-sharing institutions. |
| The Democratic Unionists (DUP), the largest party at Stormont, has unsuccessfully sought a four-week adjournment after police said members of the Provisional IRA (PIRA) shot a man dead in east Belfast. | The Democratic Unionists (DUP), the largest party at Stormont, has unsuccessfully sought a four-week adjournment after police said members of the Provisional IRA (PIRA) shot a man dead in east Belfast. |
| The DUP has promised it will not be business as usual when assembly members return from their summer break on Monday. Intensive talks launched by the British and Irish governments are due to begin later this week. | The DUP has promised it will not be business as usual when assembly members return from their summer break on Monday. Intensive talks launched by the British and Irish governments are due to begin later this week. |
| Related: David Cameron called into Stormont talks over renewed IRA activity | Related: David Cameron called into Stormont talks over renewed IRA activity |
| Politicians are due to debate a Sinn Féin motion condemning the murders of former IRA members Jock Davison and Kevin McGuigan, and calling on anyone with information to pass it on to the police. | Politicians are due to debate a Sinn Féin motion condemning the murders of former IRA members Jock Davison and Kevin McGuigan, and calling on anyone with information to pass it on to the police. |
| Police have insisted the IRA is not back on a war footing but the disclosure that the organisation still exists has rocked an already divided political establishment. | Police have insisted the IRA is not back on a war footing but the disclosure that the organisation still exists has rocked an already divided political establishment. |
| The British government has decided to legislate on welfare reform in Northern Ireland if the Stormont parties cannot reach agreement. | The British government has decided to legislate on welfare reform in Northern Ireland if the Stormont parties cannot reach agreement. |
| The Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin have been at loggerheads over the issue for months and the devolved administration in Belfast has been plunged into financial peril. | The Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin have been at loggerheads over the issue for months and the devolved administration in Belfast has been plunged into financial peril. |
| The talks are planned for this week at Stormont House with the secretary of state, Theresa Villiers, representing London and the foreign affairs minister, Charlie Flanagan, Dublin. | The talks are planned for this week at Stormont House with the secretary of state, Theresa Villiers, representing London and the foreign affairs minister, Charlie Flanagan, Dublin. |
| The purpose is to secure full implementation of the agreement and to deal with issues arising from the impact of continued paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland, Downing Street has said. | The purpose is to secure full implementation of the agreement and to deal with issues arising from the impact of continued paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland, Downing Street has said. |
| The move came after the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) offered a new assessment of PIRA activity stating that aspects of the terror organisation have gone away, its active service units no longer exist and what remains fulfils a radically different purpose than during the Troubles. | The move came after the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) offered a new assessment of PIRA activity stating that aspects of the terror organisation have gone away, its active service units no longer exist and what remains fulfils a radically different purpose than during the Troubles. |
| Both the Irish government and the Democratic Unionists support a new form of paramilitary monitoring of the ceasefires. | Both the Irish government and the Democratic Unionists support a new form of paramilitary monitoring of the ceasefires. |
| The breakdown in relations at Stormont reached a new low after the killing of the former IRA member Kevin McGuigan, allegedly by former terror associates. | The breakdown in relations at Stormont reached a new low after the killing of the former IRA member Kevin McGuigan, allegedly by former terror associates. |
| That murder earlier this summer caused political uproar after the PSNI chief constable, George Hamilton, said the IRA, supposed to have gone away a decade ago, still exists for peaceful purposes and the shooting was carried out by individual PIRA members and not sanctioned at a senior level. | That murder earlier this summer caused political uproar after the PSNI chief constable, George Hamilton, said the IRA, supposed to have gone away a decade ago, still exists for peaceful purposes and the shooting was carried out by individual PIRA members and not sanctioned at a senior level. |