Taoiseach rules out prospect of fresh strategy for political way forward in North stalemate

THERE is no fresh strategy on a political way forward for the North, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said yesterday.

Speaking in St Petersburg where he attended an EU-Russia summit with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, he said they would have to manage the next few months as best they can.

The North was now coming into the marching season which was a very dangerous and difficult time and would be even more so this year because there was no political context, he said.