Taoiseach Enda Kenny has welcomed plans in the North to reduce their corporation tax to the same level as here, saying that Wales and Scotland may next move to cut their rates.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday claimed that unionists should have no fear of Fianna Fáil extending into a 32-county party.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair will stick with their plan to restore a shadow Assembly in Northern Ireland before the summer, despite the opposition of Sinn Féin and the SDLP.