Blair, Ahern press Northern Ireland rivals in talks grind
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Prime Ministers Tony Blair of Britain and Bertie Ahern of Ireland dug in with Northern Ireland's rival Catholic and Protestant parties for a second day of talks aimed at restoring the province's power-sharing government.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England  - 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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The British and Irish Prime Ministers, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern, at talks in London, appear to have pushed Northern Irelandâs reluctant politicians some way to a restoration of devolved government in Belfast.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern are to meet to try to find a way of breathing new life into the faltering efforts to restore devolution to Northern Ireland.
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Talks are continuing at Leeds Castle in Kent between the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the possibility of restoring power sharing to Stormont.
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Northern Ireland's parties are making big efforts to achieve a breakthrough, Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
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High-pressure talks among rival Northern Ireland parties ended Saturday with no agreement to revive a Catholic-Protestant administration, but British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted that a deal "historic in its meaning" may yet be achieved.
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A fresh round of political talks is due to begin in Northern Ireland on Wednesday in an effort to unblock the impasse and restore devolved government.
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Tony Blair met his Irish counterpart, Bertie Ahern, yesterday to co-ordinate a joint strategy aimed at achieving a breakthrough at next weekend&#39;s major Anglo-Irish summit, due to be held in Kent.
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The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland are to meet in a last-ditch effort to work out a deal to salvage the stalled Northern Irish peace agreement, ahead of make-or-break meetings next week.
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Britain and Ireland resume their joint efforts this week to revive deadlocked peace talks in Northern Ireland, aiming to forge common ground between deeply opposed sectarian groups.
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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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BELFAST - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern are due to travel to Belfast on Wednesday to finalize a deal which could end two years of stalemate in the Northern Ireland peace process.
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Northern Ireland's rival politicians face "a moment of decision" in their six-year struggle to forge a stable Catholic-Protestant government, Prime Minister Tony Blair declared Thursday as he launched a ...
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The prime ministers of Ireland and Britain will hold talks on Sunday about maintaining support for the power-sharing government in Northern Ireland, the government in Dublin said.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern are to meet unionists and nationalists in London on what has been billed as the most critical talks in the current negotiations to revive power sharing ...
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LEEDS CASTLE, England Sept. 16, 2004 - Northern Ireland&#39;s rival politicians face &quot;a moment of decision&quot; in their six-year struggle to forge a stable Catholic-Protestant government, Prime Minister Tony Blair