Election in Northern Ireland puts peace process at a crossroads
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Voters in Northern Ireland go to the polls Wednesday in what has been described as a moment-of-truth election for the future of self-rule in the troubled province.Comment
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - Rival negotiators began talks Wednesday on reviving a joint Catholic-Protestant administration for Northern Ireland, a major goal of peacemaking inspired a decade ago by an Irish Republican Army ceasefire.
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Northern Ireland's rival Protestant and Roman Catholic parties are being left to find common ground on their own, after three days of intensive high-level talks failed to come up with a deal to revive power-sharing government in the province.
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Two key meetings are set to take place as efforts intensify to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
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NORTHERN Ireland could be facing fresh elections after the deal to decommission the IRA - s weapons collapsed last week.
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Britain and Ireland are battling to break a deadlock between Northern Ireland's main Protestant and Catholic-backed parties on the eve of a crunch deadline to restore self-rule in the province.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The divided voters of Northern Ireland held the fate of power-sharing in their hands as they began deciding Wednesday which parties should control a Catholic-Protestant administration.
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LONDON/BELFAST  - Rival Protestant and Catholic  parties fought for concessions on IRA disarmament and British  troop withdrawals on Monday amid a flurry of efforts to seal a  lasting political settlement in Northern Ireland.
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Britain and Ireland struggled to revive negotiations for a lasting settlement in Northern Ireland by mulling ways that Protestants and Catholics could agree on to carry out a credible disarmament of the IRA ...
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Northern Irelandâs MPs and MEPs are to be given the chance to take part in debates in the Irish Republicâs Parliament if a comprehensive peace process deal is struck in the coming week, it was claimed today.
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DUBLIN -- Northern Ireland's peace process will face &quot;an enormous tragedy&quot; if political rivals cannot agree this month to revive a Catholic-Protestant administration in the British territory, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said yesterday.
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Hard-liners on both sides won Northern Ireland's election, final results confirmed Friday, setting the stage for a major diplomatic push to forge a Catholic-Protestant administration of bitter enemies.Comment
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - Northern Ireland's peace process requires the Irish Republican Army to renounce crime, as well as disarm, the governments of Britain and Ireland stressed Thursday after the outlawed group announced it will not scrap weapons and does not commit crimes.
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Fianna Fail, for decades the dominant political party in the Republic of Ireland, is considering running for elections in the British territory of Northern Ireland for the first time.
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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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When Gerry Adams and the Rev. Ian Paisley first clashed, Northern Ireland was marching toward chaos.
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The Northâs political parties are due to meet in Stormont today for talks aimed at reviving the stalled peace process. The talks are designed to prepare the ground for an intense round of make-or-break negotiations