N Ireland govt on brink of collapse over IRA row

September 10, 2015 02:53

Northern Ireland's government looked in danger of falling apart Wednesday as a political row over alleged Irish Republican Army activity reached crisis point.

First Minister Peter Robinson said he and fellow ministers from the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) would resign unless the Northern Ireland Assembly is suspended following a meeting.

His comments came after a senior figure in Sinn Fein, which governs alongside the DUP and wants Northern Ireland to become part of Ireland, was arrested in connection with the shooting of a former IRA gunman last month.

Sinn Fein was the political wing of the IRA during some 30 years of sectarian violence known as The Troubles, which was largely brought to an end by a peace deal in 1998.

The DUP is concerned that the murder of Kevin McGuigan in Belfast indicates that the IRA is still active, although Sinn Fein strongly denies this.

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