Britain's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland rushes to Belfast for a series of crisis meetings.
Andrew Hunter if you were Secretary of State for Northern Ireland would the place still be full?
Addressing Parliament, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Theresa Villiers condemned the violence and appealed for calm.
In theory, Mo Mowlam, the secretary of state for Northern Ireland, has the power to break the immediate impasse.
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"If it's the case that Peter's account were hacked it's because he was secretary of state for Northern Ireland, " he said.
Mr Humes explained that MCZs were a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whilst fishing was a devolved matter.
On Thursday morning the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Irish Foreign Minister will exchange papers to establish the North-South Institutions.
And in Belfast we're joined now by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, John Reid in his first interview, obviously, since the deal to save the Assembly.
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However, some supporters at the meeting condemned the decision to give the job to Dr Reid, who was also Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Former secretary of state for Northern Ireland Shaun Woodward has said the lives of the public may have been put at risk if computers of Northern Ireland Office ministers were hacked.
On Thursday, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Mandelson said the British and Irish governments shared a "common analysis" of the situation in that they wanted the sanctions to be lifted.
Labour's shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Vernon Coaker, said the 15th anniversary was an opportunity "to reflect on the progress made since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, and to renew our commitment to working for peace and prosperity".
The Police Authority for Northern Ireland has welcomed the secretary of state's comments.
He was a parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Employment, the Department of Transport and the Northern Ireland Office between 1984 and 1990 - but has spent most of his Parliamentary career as a backbencher.
Secretary of State Theresa Villiers has said Northern Ireland was being "held to ransom by protesters", and she called for an end to all street demonstrations over flags, even peaceful ones.
Meanwhile on Wednesday, the Northern Ireland Secretary of State Peter Mandelson said if any evidence became available that the IRA was responsible for the death of a man in west Belfast last week, he would take the matter "very seriously".
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