Ian Paisley says deal may be close
85088
Paisley is not saying whether his party will reject or accept an agreement with Sinn Fein to resurrect the Northern Ireland Assembly, but he said negotiations have never been closer.
146857
The Democratic Unionists will walk away from a deal to revive power sharing if it falls short of what unionists need, the Reverend Ian Paisley has warned his party.
64359
HOPES of a final breakthrough to end paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland collapsed within sight of success yesterday. With agreement close, and the IRA having at last agreed to give up all its weapons
76479
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has said he believes the DUP is prepared to sign up to a deal to restore devolution in Northern Ireland.
566140
The DUP leader, Ian Paisley, is holding a crucial meeting with the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in London today to decide if a deal can be reached on restoring power sharing in the North.
523814
He said that Ian Paisley&#39;s party had gone below his bottom line on issues such as policing and justice. Plans for a return to power-sharing broke down over demands for photographs of the destruction IRA weapons.
210591
Ian Paisley repeats his call for proof of IRA decommissioning if the DUP is to sign up to a deal to restore devolution.
43342
Four decades after he barged onto Northern Ireland&#39;s rancorous political stage vowing never to compromise, Protestant cleric Ian Paisley holds the key to striking a new deal to seal peace in the province.
400961
A meeting of the DUP executive ended last night with its members unanimously endorsing Ian Paisley&#39;s strategy for reviving the Northern peace process.
118746
Way to verify IRA&#39;s decommissioning of arms is last obstacle to deal on N. Ireland. By Tod Robberson. LONDON -- Northern Ireland&#39;s feuding leaders came close but ultimately failed to reach a peace agreement
4579
Gerry Adams, leader of the Irish Republican Army's (IRA) political ally Sinn Fein, signaled on Sunday that the guerrilla group was ready to give up its arms, but only if a new Northern Ireland peace deal can be struck.
351978
US President George W Bush has been told his help might be needed to seal a deal in talks to revive devolution in Northern Ireland.
676000
Gerry Adams, leader of the Irish  Republican Army's (IRA) political ally Sinn Fein, signaled on  Sunday that the guerrilla group was ready to give up its arms,  but only if a new Northern Ireland peace deal can be struck.
529449
Taliban-linked kidnappers of three UN election workers, including a British woman, claimed today that a deal could be close for their release.
257234
Sinn Fein's decision to begin cooperating with the Northern Ireland police has boosted peacemaking and made it more likely that Protestant hard-liner Ian Paisley will agree this month to share power, the chief negotiator for the IRA-allied Sinn Fein said Friday.
54983
Two years ago the very idea that the Rev Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist party and Gerry Adams of Sinn FÃ©in could sign up to a peace deal in Northern Ireland would have seemed sheer fantasy.
497050
The real possibility of an end to the IRA has been on the agenda at talks between members of Northern Ireland&#39;s major political parties.