Irish and UK governments discuss peace process

The Irish and British governments were today due to consider the way forward for Northern Ireland’s troubled peace process – just one week after the suspension of devolution.

As Sinn Fein’s chief negotiator Martin McGuinness arrived in Washington to discuss the crisis with US president George Bush’s special adviser on Northern Ireland, Ambassador Richard Haass, Foreign Minister, Brian Cowen was due at Hillsborough Castle for talks with Ulster Secretary John Reid.