Loyalists 'need time' after IRA peace process moves

Loyalists need to be given time and space to sort out their future direction following recent peace process moves by the IRA, Progressive Unionist leader David Irvine said today.

The Belfast Assembly member, who will meet Northern Ireland Office Security Minister Shaun Woodward, was speaking after his party voted to keep its link with the Ulster Volunteer Force which has been engaged in violence this year against the rival Loyalist Volunteer Force.