Government not guns the Irish sticking point
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Northern Ireland has taken another small step in the slow march towards restoring home rule this weekend with tacit promises from the IRA to end militant activity once and for all.
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The DUP has not yet committed to power-sharing in Northern Ireland with Sinn Fein, says Gerry Adams.
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THE Republic's government will not wait until after the British General Election in May for progress in the peace process, Dublin Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern has said.
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BELFAST -- The Irish Republican Army declared yesterday it is willing to get rid of all its weapons this month -- but only if Protestants drop their demands for photographic proof.
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The two sides in the Northern Ireland conflict "were never as near" to a permanent settlement as they are now, but IRA disarmament remains a key stumbling block, Protestant leader Ian Paisley said.
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The Irish government is leaving no stone unturned in its attempts to free aid director Margaret Hassan from her captors in Iraq, the countryâs parliament was told today.
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IRA guerrillas said on Thursday they would never be &quot;humiliated&quot; by the photographing of their final acts of disarmament -- the last sticking point in an Anglo-Irish drive for a Northern Ireland political settlement.
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Progress is possible in the Northern Ireland process but the IRA must stop all violence, Tony Blair has said.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - Northern Ireland took  another small step in the slow march toward restoring home rule  this weekend with tacit promises from the IRA to end guerrilla  activity once and for all.
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There is anger at the suggestion the government may be asked to say it fought a war against the IRA.
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The Irish Republican Army (IRA) warned  British and Irish governments on Thursday not to underestimate  the seriousness of a fresh breakdown in efforts to secure a  lasting political settlement between Northern Ireland's feuding  communities.
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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 ...
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A major push to seal a political settlement for the turbulent British province of Northern Ireland stalled at the last moment yesterday over demands for photographic evidence of IRA guerillas scrapping their arms.
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Irish PM Bertie Ahern was the motor of the EU Constitution - but a Yes vote in Ireland is not a done deal.
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Iran's defence minister says no country would dare launch an attack against it because of its deterrent capabilities.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England Sept. 18, 2004 - High-pressure talks among rival Northern Ireland parties ended Saturday with no agreement to revive a Catholic-Protestant administration, but British Prime Minister
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LONDON -- Northern Ireland's rival political parties locked horns yesterday over the issue of disarming the Irish Republican Army guerrillas amid frantic efforts to agree to a final peace settlement for the British-run province.