DUP: 'On-the-runs' a potential deal-breaker

The DUP's deputy leader has said any move to allow IRA "on-the-runs" to return to the North could scupper efforts to restore power-sharing government in the North.

There is speculation that the British government may have offered such a concession to Sinn Féin during negotiations during the Christmas period.

Sinn Féin has agreed to hold a special ard fheis later this month to vote on whether to end its opposition to the PSNI.

The DUP has demanded that the British government come clean on the matter, with Peter Robinson describing it as a potential deal-breaker.

He has also said the DUP will not accept any British attempt to impose a justice minister at Stormont if there is no cross-community agreement on the job.