Paisley and Adams poised for historic meeting

Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams could hold their first face-to-face meeting today as their parties try to keep devolution hopes alive in the North.

Following Northern Secretary Peter Hain’s decision to start the countdown to today’s power-sharing deadline at Stormont, the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin were involved in a frantic race against time to cobble together a new deal which could delay power sharing until May.