Crisis talks for the North’s politicians

The North’s politicians have been called into talks next week to resolve the crisis over IRA activity.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and British prime minister David Cameron ordered negotiations to break the deadlock at Stormont as security chiefs said they would support an independent assessment of paramilitary groups.

Enda Kenny said: “We [he and David Cameron] both agreed that immediate steps needed to be taken to address the key critical issues which threaten the stability of the devolved institutions.”