Stormont pay cut threat 'a sign of frustration'

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain was reflecting the public’s frustration over the lack of political progress when he warned that Assembly salaries at Stormont could be cut if there was no movement, Dermot Ahern said today.

Speaking before a meeting in Belfast to review the timetable for the political process this year, the Foreign Minister said Mr Hain was perhaps articulating publicly what many parties accepted privately in the North.