Deal may restore Assembly

PROGRESS made in recent negotiations is expected to pave the way to a deal being struck tonight to restore the North’s political institutions

Reports have suggested the IRA may be considering an act of decommissioning in a bid to restore the suspended Assembly, and a republican source has claimed supporters are preparing for acts of completion.

But crucial talks today between the Taoiseach and British Prime Minister and the political parties in Belfast aimed at getting the peace process back on track will go right down to the wire.