Ahern to push for Assembly elections

THE Government is to press for Assembly elections to be held in the North by November, but accepts that they may not happen until the New Year.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Minister for Foreign Affairs Brian Cowen are to travel to London tomorrow to meet British Prime Minister Tony Blair in his summer residence, Chequers.

Reaching agreement over a strategy on the suspended institutions and postponed elections, the Taoiseach said, would head the agenda.