Up to 3m Irish passport holders living abroad could have the right to vote in the next presidential election if proposals approved yesterday by the Convention on the Constitution are accepted by Government and approved in a referendum.

The former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and his British counterpart, Tony Blair, have both been conferred with honorary doctors at Queens University in Belfast.

The leader of Sinn Féin Gerry Adams is expected to make a keynote address on the Peace Process at a Rally for Irish Unity in Dublin City later today.