IRA 'must have change of heart on disarmament'

The IRA must have a change of heart on disarmament if there is to be political progress in Northern Ireland, a Democratic Unionist MP insisted today.

After the IRA claimed demands for photographic evidence of weapons decommissioning had derailed the latest bid for a peace process deal, Lagan Valley MP Jeffrey Donaldson warned there could be a prolonged stalemate if republicans did not address seriously the issue of arms.