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Rise in NI's peace walls 'disappointing' says Cameron | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
The increase in the number of peace walls being built in Northern Ireland is disappointing, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. | |
In his first address to the NI Assembly at Stomont he said the future lay in the politicians' hands. | |
"We can't have a future that's a shared future and not a shared-out future, where things are given out to either side of the sectarian divide," he said. | |
He added NI politics needed to move on to more 'bread and butter' issues. | |
"Politics needs to move beyond the constitutional issues to the issues of work, safe streets, a stable home life and family," he said. | |
"Politics is about public service on behalf of the whole community." | |
Mr Cameron is on a one-day visit to Northern Ireland. He was met at Stormont Castle by the first and deputy first ministers. | |
He is the second prime minister to deliver a speech to members in the debating chamber since the Good Friday Agreement was signed. | He is the second prime minister to deliver a speech to members in the debating chamber since the Good Friday Agreement was signed. |
'Act of reconciliation' | |
In his speech, he described the Queen's recent visit to Ireland as an "extraordinary huge act of reconciliation". | |
On the Saville Inquiry's findings on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in 1972, he said he did not hesitate to apologise for "one of the sorriest episodes in our recent history". | |
The Prime Minister said progress in NI would not have happened without the courage and conviction of people from all the political parties in the Assembly. | |
"Our task is to move Northern Ireland even further forward," he said. | |
Security, job opportunities and a shared future for the people of Northern Ireland were discussed at a meeting earlier on Thursday with the first and deputy first ministers. | |