Nationalist calls for the British and Irish governments to implement joint authority in Northern Ireland are pie in the sky, a senior Democratic Unionist claimed tonight.

Politicians in Northern Ireland are facing one of the most critical phases of the peace process over the coming weeks, they were warned tonight.

The British and Irish governments need to take risks to win peace in Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams claimed tonight.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams was today preparing to release his party’s agenda for the review of the Good Friday Agreement.

A WOMAN glared through the glass-panelled front door of Freddie Scappaticci’s west Belfast home yesterday and made it clear that the alleged double agent was in no mood for talking.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was today meeting Prime Minister Tony Blair for the first time since republicans attempted to clarify a confidential IRA statement on the future of the peace process.

David Trimble’s Ulster Unionist Party was today facing allegations that it produced bogus electoral registration forms in Northern Ireland.

Speculation is mounting that a speech to be given by Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams will give a significant boost to the ailing peace process.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was today preparing to ask his party to endorse his leadership for another year.

Prime Minister Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern are tonight preparing for a summit in London on the peace process as the row continued over a leading republican’s claim that the revolution was not over.

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams today said his party would not have any objections to the idea of a meeting involving all the parties supporting the Good Friday Agreement in a bid to bolster the peace process.