The leader of Sinn Féin Gerry Adams is expected to make a keynote address on the Peace Process at a Rally for Irish Unity in Dublin City later today.

The following is a summary of the key events in the debate over paramilitary weapons:

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny today vowed to keep the Government focused on ending IRA criminality.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair will today reveal in Belfast the deal they have been working on to revive power sharing in Northern Ireland.

IT is astonishing that the tantalising prospect of a power-sharing deal in the North could founder today for want of a photo.

The IRA has not contacted disarmament inspectors despite the looming deadline for reaching a Northern Ireland peace deal, Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley claimed today.

DUP leader the Rev. Ian Paisley was today holding crucial talks with head of the independent disarmament body General John de Chastelain as the pressure mounted on his party and Sinn Féin to endorse a new peace process deal.

Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness will today talk face-to-face for the first time with a Northern Ireland Chief Constable.

Talks aimed at restoring power sharing in Northern Ireland remained on a knife edge tonight as Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionists still sought assurances about a deal.

The British government has total confidence in disarmament body chief General John de Chastelain’s role in verifying any future move on IRA weapons, a junior minister insisted today.

The Social Democratic and Labour Party today called on the British and Irish governments to back down from a “whispering campaign” against the head of the International Decommissioning Body, General John de Chastelain.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was due to face some of his biggest critics today as his party's Assembly candidates prepared to discuss election tactics.

The head of the international decommissioning body in Belfast, General John de Chastelain, was due to face questions from hardline unionists today about the latest act of IRA disarmament.

THE Irish and British Governments may only have two days to get the peace process back on track after its spectacular collapse on Tuesday.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced fresh demands today to release details of the IRA’s latest act of disarmament.

The North's peace process was back in crisis tonight after David Trimble’s Ulster Unionists hit out at General John de Chastelain’s disarmament report.

THE crisis in the Northern Ireland peace process deepened last night after the IRA announced its decision to end contact with the arms decommissioning body.

IRA decommissioning could be completed before February 2002 if the paramilitary group put large amounts of weapons beyond use over the coming days, the head of the International Disarmament Commission told rebel Ulster Unionists this week.

The decommissioning body has confirmed that the IRA has put a quantity of its guns and explosives beyond use.

Michael McGimpsey, one of the Ulster Unionist ministers who resigned office at Stormont last week, said there were some promising phrases in the Adams statement.

The IRA has withdrawn its plan to put its weapons beyond use.

Sinn Fein's chief negotiator, Martin McGuinness, has said the British Government's decision to suspend the Northern Assembly for 24 hours has put IRA decommissioning plans in jeopardy.

Tony Blair has welcomed news that the IRA has started a process to put their weapons beyond use.

The Irish and British Governments were poised today to release a "take-it-or-leave-it" package of proposals to prevent the collapse of the Good Friday Agreement.