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| NI Executive meeting cancelled | NI Executive meeting cancelled |
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| A meeting of the NI power-sharing Executive, set for Thursday, has been called off at short notice. | A meeting of the NI power-sharing Executive, set for Thursday, has been called off at short notice. |
| Other parties are claiming that a stand off between the DUP and Sinn Féin is causing deadlock in the Executive. | |
| The cancellation means ministers won't have held a formal round table meeting for more than a month. | |
| It's thought more than 30 decisions are being delayed as Sinn Féin and the DUP try to resolve their differences over issues like the devolution of justice. | |
| Sinn Féin junior minister Gerry Kelly denied there was a crisis. | Sinn Féin junior minister Gerry Kelly denied there was a crisis. |
| "I don't think there is a crisis. You'll know a crisis when a crisis comes. But certainly people are going off on holidays," he said. | |
| "We have made it clear and Martin McGuinness, in particular, has made it clear he will be here throughout the summer." | |
| Mr Kelly's DUP counterpart Jeffrey Donaldson is also playing down the talk of deadlock at Stormont. | |
| "Decisions are being made on a daily basis. We are getting on with the process of government," he said. | |
| "Of course, there are some big issues we need to address... But talk of a crisis is somewhat premature." |