Taioseach seeks dialogue with all parties

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday said a detailed review of the Good Friday Agreement would be unlikely to start until the New Year.

Speaking in the Dáil, he conceded the success of the Democratic Unionist Party in the Assembly Elections had made the restoration of the Assembly and Executive much more difficult.

"It's certainly not going to be as straightforward as it might have been with the Ulster Unionist Party, Sinn Féin, the SDLP and pro-agreement parties generally," Mr Ahern told the Dáil yesterday.