British, Irish premiers press N.Ireland leaders on IRA, power-sharing
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LEEDS CASTLE, England  - A deal taking shape Friday in negotiations on Northern Ireland's future would require the outlawed Irish Republican Army to resume disarmament and issue a new statement that, for the first time, would definitively renounce violence.
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The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland called Tuesday on the IRA to disarm and put a stop to hostile activities, once more blaming the group for a massive bank heist that has gravely damaged power-sharing efforts in Northern Ireland.
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Britain urged Northern Ireland's politicians on Friday to agree to share power after the main Protestant and Catholic parties strengthened their hold in an election viewed as a test of support for joint government.
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The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, are expected in Belfast this afternoon where they will give a detailed account of their efforts to restore devolved government at ...
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern and his British counterpart Gordon Brown were to discuss building on political gains in Northern Ireland when they meet in Belfast Monday, Ahern&#39;s office said.
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The prime ministers of Ireland and Britain will hold talks on Sunday about maintaining support for the power-sharing government in Northern Ireland, the government in Dublin said.
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LONDON  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern were meeting Northern Ireland&#39;s main Protestant and Catholic leaders as efforts intensified to seal a comprehensive power-sharing deal in the province.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern are to host talks with Northern Ireland's political parties next month ahead of a deadline for restoring the province's stalled power sharing government, it was ...
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The Irish and British premiers are to meet later this week to review the results of Wednesday's key vote that could restore power-sharing government in Northern Ireland, Bertie Ahern said Monday.
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The British and Irish prime ministers publish proposals to restore devolution in Northern Ireland.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern are to begin fresh talks with members of Northern Ireland&#39;s major political parties.
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Despite pressure from the prime ministers of Britain and Ireland, three days of negotiations among the leaders of Northern Ireland&#39;s political parties failed
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President Bush on Friday telephoned Ian Paisley, leader of a Protestant-dominated party in Northern Ireland that has resisted power-sharing with its main Roman Catholic
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BELFAST  - British and Irish Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern were preparing to head to Belfast, hopeful of a breakthrough in the protracted deadlock over power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland's political leaders brief party members about talks to restore devolved government.
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The two governments are hoping to respond to queries tabled by the DUP and Sinn Fein by Friday.
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Prime Ministers Tony Blair of Britain and Bertie Ahern of Ireland dug in with Northern Ireland's rival Catholic and Protestant parties for a second day of talks aimed at restoring the province's power-sharing ...