Ahern and Blair to talk with North's parties

The Irish and British Governments have announced their intention to hold a series of high-level meetings with all the pro-Agreement political parties in the North in 11 days time.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, have been holding talks during intervals at the ongoing EU Summit in Seville this weekend and have agreed on a strategy for resolving the current unrest in the North.