Reid holds talks in wake of loyalist killing

Talks on the current political and security crisis in Northern Ireland were today taking place between the British government and Sinn Fein.

Talks on the current political and security crisis in Northern Ireland are to take place between the British government and Sinn Fein today.

Northern Ireland Secretary, John Reid, was expected to hold an early morning meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in Belfast in the wake of the killing of 19-year-old father-of-one Gerard Lawlor by loyalists in North Belfast.