The Sinn Féin ard comhairle are holding a special meeting this afternoon to discuss the Stormont crisis.

The North's power-sharing executive is facing collapse after they failed to reach a deal on controversial welfare reforms this week.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan will attend an emergency meeting on Tuesday with representatives from the executive and the British government, in the hope of finding a solution to the problem.

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is hugely critical of the British government's approach to the situation in the North: