Blair, Ahern urge power-sharing after N.Irish vote
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Britain and Ireland urged Northern Ireland's politicians on Friday to agree to a power sharing government after the province's main Protestant and Catholic parties dominated assembly elections this week.Comment
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Prime Minister Tony Blair called for an end to paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland, but warned he would not continue to push for peace without compromise from the region's rival political parties.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England : Talks to restore home rule to Northern Ireland ground on as British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Ireland&#39;s Bertie Ahern pushed rival Catholic and Protestant parties toward a lasting peace deal.
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The success of a deal to revive power sharing in Northern Ireland lies in the hands of Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern, they were told tonight.
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Talks are continuing at Leeds Castle in Kent between the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the possibility of restoring power sharing to Stormont.
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The British and Irish premiers were holding talks on how to restore power-sharing government in Northern Ireland as pressure builds for an accord ahead of a November deadline, officials said.
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Northern Ireland's parties are making big efforts to achieve a breakthrough, Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
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The Taoiseach is to hold talks with the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in London on Wednesday. The two governments are at what Mr Ahern described as &#39;hopefully the decisive stage&#39; in their efforts to broker a deal in the North&#39;s peace process.
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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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Northern Irish political parties failed to reach an agreement on power sharing after three days of talks, though they did make progress on the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said.
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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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Republicans must give up violence and unionists must share power for devolution to be restored, says Tony Blair.
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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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Efforts to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland will intensify on Tuesday with two key meetings.
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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 ...
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned that Northern Ireland faced its last chance in a generation to overcome sectarian strife, as he joined Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern to try to restore power-sharing government.
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Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are to meet tomorrow to discuss their latest push to restore devolution in the North.