Republican movement must make move - Durkan

Many Americans believe the IRA has the capacity to make “a significant move” in the peace process which could break the political deadlock at Stormont, a nationalist leader claimed today.

SDLP leader Mark Durkan, MLA for Foyle, called on republicans to address the concerns of others in the process about paramilitarism after meeting Richard Haass, United States President George Bush’s special advisor on Northern Ireland, in a Belfast hotel.