SF to meet UUP/SDLP ahead of all-party talks

Sinn Fein is to hold bilateral meetings today with the Ulster Unionist Party and the SDLP ahead of round-table talks among the pro-Agreement parties later this week.

The meetings take place against the backdrop of recent comments by UUP leader David Trimble which appear to bode ill for the prospects of a speedy restoration of devolved government in the North.