Blair takes Ulster stalemate to the people
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TONY Blair and Bertie Ahern will reach out to the people of Northern Ireland today in a blatant attempt to shame the politicians standing in the way of restoring devolved government.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted today that there must be a âcomplete and unequivocal end to violenceâ by paramilitaries in Northern Ireland if the power-sharing executive is to be restored.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England -- Northern Ireland's rival politicians face ''a moment of decision&quot; in their six-year struggle to forge a stable Catholic-Protestant government, Prime Minister Tony Blair declared yesterday as he launched a high-stakes round of talks.
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Prime Ministers Tony Blair of Britain and Bertie Ahern of Ireland were to visit Belfast amid fading hopes of a breakthrough to restore Catholic-Protestant power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
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Progress to restore Northern Ireland devolution has been "remarkable but is not yet complete", Tony Blair says.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Northern Ireland had reached the &quot;moment of decision&quot; in which its leaders must show the will to end years of deadlock and secure a lasting peace.
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British Prime Tony Blair arrived today for critical Northern Ireland peace talks and declared: &quot;This really is the moment of decision for us.
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The prime minister, Tony Blair, today told the Commons &quot;immense progress&quot; had been made in the Northern Ireland peace process, despite the current deadlocked attempt to reach an agreement.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was holding showdown talks with Northern Ireland's biggest Catholic party to insist its paramilitary wing, blamed for a massive bank raid last month, end criminal activities.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the door was open to a final settlement of the conflict in Northern Ireland, following a report saying that the Irish Republican Army had given up violence.
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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 secure a lasting peace settlement in Northern Ireland were continuing late on Tuesday night as London increased public pressure on republicans and loyalists to settle their differences.
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The British and Irish prime ministers presented bitterly divided Northern Ireland politicians on Wednesday with what their governments insist is their final plan for restoring home rule in the province.
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Tony Blair is preparing to urge unionists and republicans to agree to a deal that would transform Northern Ireland&#39;s deadlocked peace process.
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Tony Blair has delivered an ultimatum to all sides in the Northern Ireland peace talks - this is decision time. As the Prime Minister and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern began a critical bid to restore the power
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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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The British and Irish governments gave Northern Ireland's rival parties a confidential plan Wednesday designed to break a stubborn deadlock on power-sharing and IRA disarmament.