Tuesday - &#39;D-Day for Northern Ireland Peace Deal&#39;
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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 to kick-start the peace process in Northern Ireland dragged late into the night on Friday, with all sides due to return to the negotiating table yesterday, officials said.
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The government is expected to signal it is ready to recognise the Ulster Defence Association ceasefire.
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Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams says an agreement for a peace settlement in Northern Ireland was possible but could not be based on &quot;humiliation&quot;.
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The Northern Ireland peace process has reached a crucial point as two key &quot;make or break&quot; meetings take place today. A Sinn FÃ©in delegation led by party President Gerry Adams has an unprecedented meeting with PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde.
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A standoff over how the scrapping of  IRA arms is proved looks set to dash hopes of a landmark deal  in Northern Ireland on Wednesday, when Britain and Ireland plan  to unveil their blueprint for a lasting political settlement.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland The peace process in Northern Ireland is reaching a critical point, with people waiting to hear if the Irish Republican Army will disband and disarm its operation.
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NORTHERN IRELANDâS political parties have come closer than at any stage in recent history to agreeing terms for a permanent end to disarm the IRA and revive a power-sharing government.
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A shared agenda between Northern Ireland's political parties could lead to a deal, the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has said.
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The IRA was tonight told to be prepared to surrender its weapons if a deal to revive power sharing in Northern Ireland is to go ahead.
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The British governmentâs recognition of the Ulster Defence Associationâs ceasefire officially came into effect today. It came hours after the UDA, Northern Irelandâs largest loyalist paramilitary group
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A power-sharing deal between Northern Ireland's biggest Roman Catholic and Protestant parties would be truly historic, Sinn Fein's chief negotiator said here Friday ahead of landmark elections next week.
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DUBLIN, Nov 24  - Northern Ireland's feuding political parties meet on Friday to take what London and Dublin hope will be a critical step towards restoring self-government in the British-ruled province.
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The Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams and the chief of Northern Ireland&#39;s police will meet today for the first time as talks on a new peace agreement enter a critical phase.
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Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy is to explain to the Commons his decision to recognise the loyalist Ulster Defence Association&#39;s ceasefire.
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IT&#39;S VERY sad to see that the governments of Northern Ireland and United Kingdom are not able to clinch a peace deal that would have seen complete disarmament under a schedule set for completion this year-end.
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BELFAST/LONDON  - Anglo-Irish attempts to seal a  lasting political settlement in Northern Ireland hinged Tuesday  on whether IRA guerrillas would allow pictures to be taken of  their weapons being destroyed.