Pressure mounts as Paisley talks to de Chastelain

DUP leader the Rev. Ian Paisley was today holding crucial talks with head of the independent disarmament body General John de Chastelain as the pressure mounted on his party and Sinn Féin to endorse a new peace process deal.

The DUP leader arranged talks with General John de Chastelain in a bid to press home his party’s demand for more transparent weapons decommissioning from the IRA.