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A picture shows a no entry sign on the access road to the Stormont Parliament Buildings, the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on September 10, 2015. Northern Ireland's first minister threatened to resign on Thursday over alleged Irish Republican Army (IRA) activity, in a political crisis that could roll back progress made since the end of the conflict. Peter Robinson said he and fellow ministers from the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) would quit unless the Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended, which would put the power-sharing executive on the brink of collapse. His comments came after a senior figure in Sinn Fein, which governs alongside the DUP and wants Northern Ireland to become part of Ireland, was arrested in connection with the shooting of a former IRA gunman last month. AFP PHOTO / PAUL FAITH (Photo credit should read PAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty Images)