The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern and the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair are expected to decide later today whether or not they should travel to Northern Ireland tomorrow in a last ditch effort to save the peace process.

The leader of the Ulster Unionists, David Trimble has told a meeting of the party’s ruling council that his impending resignation as First Minister of the Northern Assembly would force the hand of the IRA on the decommissioning issue.

The Northern Secretary, Dr John Reid has warned politicians throughout Northern Ireland that they will have to stick to the Good Friday Agreement.