Irish PM frustrated, annoyed by Stormont debacle
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said he and his British counterpart Tony Blair were frustrated and annoyed by Friday's events in Belfast which marred attempts to restore self-rule in Northern Ireland.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern's admission he received loans from "friends" aims to deflect growing questions, says James Helm.
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Â· Conservative leader keen to avoid reigniting furore Â· Spokesman on Europe gets severe reprimand
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Prime Minister Bertie Ahern faced a difficult third day of testimony Thursday about secret cash payments he received in the 1990s, a scandal weakening his decade-long grip on power.
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British lawmakers in the ruling and main opposition parties alike sharply criticized Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government on Monday for planning to dispatch hundreds of
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The plug will finally be pulled on the Stormont Assembly if a working administration is not formed in Belfast by the end of March, the Irish and British governments warned tonight.Comment
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern faces questions at an anti-corruption tribunal on Thursday over payments received from friends and businessmen in the early 1990s while he was finance minister and deputy premier.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has found himself at the centre of a political storm after criticising US presidential hopeful Barack Obama over his plans to pull troops from Iraq.
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Irish PM Bertie Ahern tells parliament he regrets "misjudgements" over loans and event money.
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The Irish president is criticised after claiming NI children were taught to hate Catholics like Nazis despised Jews.
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A group of lawmakers boycotted an address to the Irish parliament by visiting Australian Prime Minister John Howard in protest at his government&#039;s policies, particularly on the war in Iraq.
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The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland admitted today that they had failed so far to restore power-sharing government between Catholics and Protestants
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Politicians faced extra security Monday at the Northern Ireland Assembly as they debated their failure to forge a Catholic-Protestant administration &#151; an argument dramatically interrupted last week by a Protestant extremist with a bag full of nail bombs.
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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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Irish budget airline Ryanair's dawn raid  on rival Aer Lingus this week has prompted a flurry of  political finger-pointing, with the government under fire for  its decision to privatize the carrier.
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Ireland has dumped miles for kilometres with little mourning but plenty of ridicule as new speed signs popped up everywhere from motorways to mud tracks.
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The prime minister is accused of "dithering" and failing to deal quickly enough with the Northern Rock crisis.