The Final Countdown.

(05 Sept 2006 RV) With a November deadline for consensus between Northern Ireland’s nationalist and unionist political factions fast approaching, a report by the Independent Monitoring Commission is being discussed today in Belfast. The report issued Wednesday assessed progress in decommissioning the province’s paramilitary groups, stating that the pro nationalist IRA had changed radically and some of its most important structures were now dismantled. Robin Wilson is director of the Belfast based think tank democratic dialogue. With all indications pointing towards a future of peace in Northern Ireland, we asked him what exactly is holding up the political process..