Northern Secretary to meet Dublin ministers over Stormont crisis

The North's Secretary of State will travel to Dublin next week to meet ministers here to discuss the political crisis at Stormont.

The DUP wants Sinn Féin excluded from the Northern Executive over alleged IRA links to the killing of Kevin McGuigan in Belfast, while the UUP says it will withdraw from the Executive over the issue.

Theresa Villiers will meet Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan and Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald next week to determine if a collapse of the power-sharing institutions can be prevented.