Blair to assess Ulster peace process

Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to break his silence today on why the IRA’s statement has failed to break the deadlock in the Northern Ireland peace process.

With the British and Irish Governments still withholding their blueprint on the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, Mr Blair was due to make his first public statement on the state of the peace process since postponing plans to travel with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to Northern Ireland on April 10.