Suspension 'could hit key decision-making'

Northern Ireland could lose any influence it has over key decisions affecting its people if the power sharing government is suspended following moves to kick Sinn Fein out of office, it was claimed today.

As Assembly members prepared to debate two unionist motions seeking to remove Martin McGuinness and Bairbre de Brun from office, SDLP minister Brid Rodgers urged unionists and republicans to abandon confrontation and implement the Good Friday Agreement in full.