Irish talks fall at DUP hurdle
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Tony Blair&#39;s bid to revive one of the crowning achievements of his seven-year premiership - the Good Friday Agreement - failed yesterday.
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The British and Irish prime ministers are due in Northern Ireland as hopes fade of a deal to restore devolution.
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The Irish Government distanced itself today from proposals for joint authority over Northern Ireland if the current rescue package fails.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England  - A high-stakes effort to revive a Catholic-Protestant government for Northern Ireland has ended in failure, British Prime Minister Tony Blair conceded Saturday. Negotiators have ``not yet achieved a comprehensive agreement,'' Blair said, speaking at the end of a three-day diplomatic push to revive the Good Friday peace accord of 1998
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Northern Ireland's fragile peace process enters a make-or-break period this week as British, Irish and U.S. mediators work to end an 11-month stalemate among feuding sectarian parties.
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An attempt by Bertie Ahern, the Irish taoiseach, to help the Democratic Unionist party leader, Ian Paisley, out of the impasse on IRA disarmament appeared to have backfired last night when Mr Paisley denounced him and severed his growing links with the
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Hopes of finding a solution to Northern Ireland&#39;s political deadlock stalled last night over the IRA&#39;s refusal to disarm its weapons transparently.
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BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- In Northern Ireland, hopes of reviving stalled talks between nationalist and unionist political parties have been dealt a blow by an Irish Republican Army refusal to deliver photographic proof of disarmament.
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Two of Northern Ireland&#39;s church leaders have expressed disappointment that talks aimed at restoring devolved government have ended without a deal.
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Northern Ireland's main parties held fresh talks aimed at reviving self-rule in the province after aborting a meeting last week due to a dramatic attack, but no new progress was reported.
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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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A fresh round of talks is due to begin in NI in an effort to unblock the political impasse and restore devolution.
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Talks aimed at reviving home rule in Northern Ireland and disbanding IRA guerrillas ended on Saturday without a final deal, British and Irish Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern said.
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Two of Northern Ireland's church leaders have expressed disappointment that talks aimed at restoring devolved government have ended without a deal.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said three days of last-ditch talks to revive Northern Ireland's peace process had ended without agreement.
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Three days of talks aimed at breaking a two-year deadlock in the Northern Ireland peace process ended yesterday without a deal, but with officials
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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.