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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Northern Ireland's politicians attend a second day of talks aimed at restoring devolved government.
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BELFAST/DUBLIN  - Anglo-Irish attempts to seal a  lasting political settlement in Northern Ireland were halted on  Tuesday by a row over whether IRA guerrillas should allow  pictures to be taken of their arms being destroyed.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England  - The British and Irish  prime ministers struggled to break an apparent deadlock in  talks aimed at sealing a final peace settlement for Northern  Ireland as a deadline loomed.
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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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Northern Ireland&#39;s dominant Protestant and Roman Catholic political parties are holding talks aimed at restoring the British province&#39;s power-sharing government.
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Some of Northern Ireland's political leaders are to brief party members after talks to restore devolved government ended without a deal.
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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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The polar opposites and would-be partners in Northern Ireland's next administration negotiated down to the wire Friday on a British-Irish plan to revive power-sharing.
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A high-stakes effort to revive a Catholic-Protestant government for Northern Ireland has ended in failure, but hope remains of an eventual breakthrough, the prime ministers of Britain and Ireland said yesterday.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England  - Talks aimed at forging a  comprehensive peace settlement for Northern Ireland ended  without a deal on Saturday, despite Britain and Ireland saying  they were close to securing full disarmament by the IRA.
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No agreement has been reached in the negotiation between Northern Ireland&#39;s Democratic Unionist Party, or DUP and its rival Sinn Fein, to resume peace talks.
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Six days of negotiations to form Ireland's next coalition government collapsed Friday, leaving Prime Minister Bertie Ahern with limited options for returning to power.
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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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All-party talks to kickstart Northern Ireland's peace process, in limbo for nearly two years, get underway at Leeds Castle with acrimony already in the air.
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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.
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Rival Protestant and Catholic parties fought for concessions on IRA disarmament and British troop withdrawals Monday amid a flurry of efforts