Martin calls on politicians to prevent abortion in NI

Legislation brought in by MPs at Westminster has paved the way for terminations to be decriminalised, but the law will not take effect if the devolved government at Stormont is restored by 21 October.

Archbishop Martin said the political impasse in Northern Ireland had gone on too long and he urged all sides to make compromises and return to their posts at what he described as a "critical moment". The archbishop said that with Brexit looming, politics seemed to be "descending into a dangerous factionalism", which was "eroding the integrity of parliamentary democracy".

Archbishop Martin also referred to the "brutal beating" of Quinn Industrial Holdings executive Kevin Lunney, and ongoing feuds between criminal gangs, saying that it was important to "always speak out against attacks on innocent human life".

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